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English: The Wold Newton Meteorite, Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The inscription on the monument says:

Here on this spot, December 13, 1795 fell from the atmosphere an extraordinary stone. In breadth twenty-eight inches, in length thirty-six inches and whose weight was fifty-six pounds. This column in memory of it was erected by Edward Topham, 1799 .

Photo by Mike Thornton, March 2003
Date 7 June 2006 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Basilicofresco using CommonsHelper.
Author The original uploader was Piecraft at English Wikipedia.

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  • 2006-06-07 12:50 Piecraft 226×280× (20847 bytes) The Wold Newton Meteorite The inscription on the monument says: Here on this spot, December 13, 1795 fell from the atmosphere an extraordinary stone. In breadth twenty-eight inches, in length thirty-six inches and whose weight was fifty-six pounds. This

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