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The Strathmore Meteorite

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In Dec. 1917, Mary Hill and her parents had a 1.16kg meteorite fragment smash into in their roof in Keithick, Perthshire.

Crashing through the slates, they thought someone had knocked on their door! It is 1 of only 4 confirmed meteorite falls in Scotland.

Read more about the Strathmore meteorite here: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/natural-world/strathmore-meteorite/

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Portpatrick Fireballs

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In March 1931, a “fireball” crashed into the farm of Knock and Maize near Portpatrick destroying a pigsty and chicken coop and set fire to an enginehouse. Five years later, during a December storm, a massive fireball crashed in the sea two miles off the harbour.