'Earliest' meteorite impact crater lies under Scotland
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:54 pm
The BBC NEWS web site reports...
The earliest meteorite impact crater to be discovered anywhere in Britain or Ireland lies beneath a large area of Scotland, a scientist has suggested.
Dr Mike Simms, of Ulster Museum in Belfast, says has located the centre of the crater to be Lairg in Sutherland.
Patches of impact deposit, rock fragments thrown out when the meteorite hit, have been found elsewhere before.