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Lot's Wife

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Lot's Wife
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Lot's Wife is shown as a named rock on the public map of Dumfries and Galloway. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Lot's Wife is a coastal rock feature located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, composed primarily of Old Red Sandstone, dating to the Devonian period, around 380 million years ago. It is notable for its distinct shape and the local legend that associates it with the biblical story of Lot’s wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Photo: Hugh Close · CC BY-SA 2.0