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In the early days of the Hull Geological Society, a committee was formed to record the occurrence of glacial erratic boulders in East Yorkshire. Thousands of these boulders were found and their localities are reported in the Society's Transactions and The Naturalist in articles by Thomas Sheppard and J.W.Stather, between 1894 and 1905. Reports were also made to the meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, together with other regional Boulder Committees. When all the reports were put together they formed a large source of data which was used in retracing the paths of the glaciers during the Ice Age. Today this would be called "citizen science". The Society decided to reform an informal Boulder Committee in 1987 as a contribution to the Society's Centenary celebrations. The Committee has continued in an informal way since then. Report of the East Riding Boulder Committee 1987-1991 Report of the East Riding Boulder Committee 1992-2000 Report of the East Riding Boulder Committee 2001-2004 Report of the East Riding Boulder Committee 2005-2011 Report of the East Riding Boulder Committee 2011-2021 Report of the East Riding Boulder Committee 2022 onwards click here to visit the Geology of Holderness web-site |
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