Wold Cottage
Seen to fall in 1795 in the United Kingdom · 25 kg recovered · L6
Wold Cottage is the third-earliest and third-heaviest of the 19 falls recorded in the United Kingdom. It is the heaviest of the seven L6 falls recorded in the United Kingdom.
- Group
- L chondrites
- Recorded position
- 54.137° N, 0.413° W
The map is centred on Wold Cottage. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Wold Cottage is Middlesbrough, 68 km to the north-west. Within 250 km lie six other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 1881 | L6 | 1.6 kg | 68 km north-west |
| 2 | Appley Bridge | 1914 | LL6 | 15 kg | 163 km west |
| 3 | Barwell | 1965 | L5 | 44 kg | 185 km south |
| 4 | Glatton | 1991 | L6 | 767 g | 187 km south |
| 5 | Rowton | 1876 | Iron, IIIAB | 3.5 kg | 206 km south-west |
| 6 | Ashdon | 1923 | L6 | 1.3 kg | 237 km south |
What L6 means
L6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with low total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Wold Cottage ranks 35th of the 254 L6 falls. The nearest other L6 fall is Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom, 68 km away. In date order among L6 falls, the one before Wold Cottage is Kharkov (1787, Ukraine) and the one after is Apt (1803, France).
Wold Cottage in the United Kingdom’s record
The fall recorded before Wold Cottage in the United Kingdom is Hatford (1628); the next is High Possil (1804).
Before 1800
Wold Cottage is one of 35 falls dated before 1800. Elsewhere, the record lists one other fall in 1795: Mulletiwu in Sri Lanka.