‘Twas the night before Christmas… and the festive season of 1965 would be like no other when, above the small Leicestershire village of Barwell, a very large turkey size meteorite was about to crash from the sky. This is the amazing story of the Barwell Meteorite.
At 4.12 pm December 24th 1965 a meteorite crashed into
the small Leicestershire village of Barwell. The largest piece weighed 17
pounds the weight of a good turkey. It is estimated that the whole meteor might
have weighed around 100 pounds.
It was an amazing event bits of meteorite crashed into people’s
houses, gardens and even hit cars. The Natural History Museum offered rewards
for bits of the meteorite found. Villages and then people from all over the country
looked for pieces of the meteorite. Many peices were discovered , Barwell was turned into a modern-day
Klondike.
As far as I know the meteorite is still on display at the Leicester
Museum.
If any groups or associations are interested in the story of
the Barwell Meteorite I have a PowerPoint that can be presented via zoom.
www.theramblingastronomer.co.uk
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