Poem, illustrations and information plaques at Nose's Point

Accompanying the information plaques and illustrations is a poem in the form of a "mesostic" made from a name, by Alec Finlay and Thomas A Clark. Taken togther, the poem reads: "staNd upOn magneSian limEstone viSualize Prehistoric Oceans In aNcient Times (Nose's Point) smaLl deposIts forMed thEse Stones inTo mOuntains aNd bouldErs (Limestone) Soft grAined saNd anD Shiny quarTz becOme oNe Element (Sandstone) Split sHards And fLinty layErs (Shale) Carbon glOws Ashes bLow (Coal) Coal meAsures R B O millstonNe grIt F E R O carboniferoUs limeStone" (Carboniferous Limestone)

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