The Stone Tree Trunk!

[G H Nelson]

The Fossilised Tree Trunk.

The Tree that turned to stone....from the Househill Park.....Southside of Glasgow.
Cheers
hoggie

 

[Tim Harrison]

Awesome...can you do the acid test to see if it'll raise the TDS in my tank?

 

[G H Nelson]

Would make a great feature....with moss on it!
Its quite a amazing trunk.....used to walk past it when I was a kid going to school.
Haven't a clue how old it is though....millions of years I guess!
Cheers
hoggie

 

[LondonDragon]

Going by ADA prices that could well be enough for your retirement!!

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Haven't a clue how old it is though....millions of years I guess!

If it is the same age as the Glasgow Museum "Fossil Grove" it is Carboniferous, and about 325 million years old.

cheers Darrel

 

[G H Nelson]

Hi Darrel
That old amazing!
Could be similar age although those petrified trees at the "Fossil Grove" are a extinct species!
This just looks like a regular tree trunk...it does have actual bark definition but its not picked up on this photograph!
I heard there where others in the area but they where removed for some reason!
Cheers
hoggie

 

[Tim Harrison]

I find it amazing that it's still standing especially in such a public area...it's got to be worth a few quid.

 

[rebel]

it's gonna be heavy as well. Time to take a pickup truck.....

 

[G H Nelson]

it's gonna be heavy as well. Time to take a pickup truck.....

Yip all 6 feet approximately of it....Its gonna be very heavy!

 

[Tim Harrison]

Haha...OK, now I look at again it I can see it's pretty big. But if it was made of brass it'd been long gone and melted down, as happened to a few park sculptures around were I used to live in Essex
One of them was huge and mounted on a 20ft plinth but it still disappeared one night, never to be seen again!