Country diary: The magic of knowing a meteorite fell here, of all places
- Posted on February 24, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Country diary: The magic of knowing a meteorite fell here, of all places

Wold Newton, East Yorkshire: On a dreary day in a nondescript field, I visit the site where a 4.56 billion-year-old bit of space rock came to Earth