Salisbury is a very cute mediaeval market time, carefully preserved and popular with tourists. It was built on chalk soil and within the chalk are flints, a grapefruit sized roundish boulder that when split (or knapped) produce extremely hard flakes of stone suitable for forming knives or spearheads. The action of flint against metal also creates a spark used to make a fire. The chalk formed as tiny crustaceans deposited on the sea floor. And the flint formed because amongst these were small sea sponges that died and became incorporated into the deposits. The cavity left by their decomposed body filled with chalk solution and slowly crystallised forming a flint..
Salisbury cathedral home to Magna Carta . The Magna Carta was created in 1215 and forms the basis for Britain s statue law.
Mediaeval Gate
Flint used in wall decoration.
Laura, TARA and Luke
Laura Will and Boyd
Stone henge, drive by.
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