Saturday 21 April 2018

Walking in the Footsteps of Giants


Just a few metres from the Priest’s Way is a patch of land that was cleared for quarrying just a few years ago. This clearance takes away the grass and the topsoil as well as any rough rock, exposing the valuable stone underneath. As it happened this small piece of the Isle of Purbeck turned out to be far more valuable than first thought as it contained the fossil remains of a dinosaur trackway that was first made about 145 million years ago by a herd of giant Sauropods.
It is truly a wonderful find and well worth a visit, which is exactly what I did with a lovely group of people as part of my roll as a Jurassic Coast Ambassador. We started at The Square & Compass, one of Purbeck’s more famous pubs, and spent a fine time exploring the trackway and discussing what went on all those years ago.
I have another walk here for the Jurassic Coast Trust on next Saturday, the 28th, starting at noon and I am looking forward to it being just as popular as the last one.







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