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Hippodrome

Eyemouth Hippodrome

‘Rocking the Boat’

James Hutton Exhibition

Open from 10.00 – 3.00 Monday to Saturday up to 31 August, alongside the Marine Education Centre.

 The exhibition celebrates the work of James Hutton, who farmed at Slighhouses during the eighteenth century.  By knowing the soils, landscapes and the cliffs of Berwickshire, James Hutton realised that geological time was far longer than the timeline suggested by Bishop Ussher in 1650.  At Siccar Point on the Berwickshire coast he found evidence in the rocks that laid the foundations for our present understanding of the age of the planet.

Every year visitors, including international geologists, visit Siccar Point, which is regarded by many as the most important geological location in the world because it gave rise to Hutton’s insight into deep time.

The Eyemouth exhibition was opened by Colin Campbell, director of the James Hutton Institute, a scientific organisation based in Scotland.  During the autumn, further related events will take place at the Hippodrome.

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The Hippodrome
Harbour Road, Eyemouth
TD14 5HS

T: 01890 750099
space@eyemouthhippodrome.org

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