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Professor Colin Pillinger of the Open University, who has been researching its history, believes druids incorporated it into a chalk mound.
London - A rock which sat on a doorstep for at least 80 years has been revealed as the biggest meteorite ever to fall in Britain.
The rock, which is 18in across and weighs 200lb, was discovered at Lake House near Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire.
It is thought to have landed on Salisbury Plain 30,000 years ago.
Professor Colin Pillinger of the Open University, who has been researching its history, believes druids incorporated it into a chalk mound, which protected it from weathering, before it was unearthed by a previous occupant of Lake House.
The meteorite, four times larger than any other found in Britain, is on display at the Royal Society in London until March 31. - Daily Mail
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