On the bicentenary of this event in 2004, a memorial was erected at Possil Marsh close to the location where it landed (left hand photo). It's one of only two meteorite memorials in the UK (with the other being on Yorkshire).
With the Lyrid Meteor Shower reaching its peak tonight, it's worth remembering Glasgow's place in the discovery of that meteors originated from outer space. In April 1804, a meteorite was seen to land at High Possil in the north of the city (a fragment of which is shown on the right in this photo). This was the first one ever recorded in Scotland, and it became one of the first any where in the world to be scientifically verified as coming from space.
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