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Archaeologist and artist Rose Ferraby explores the connections between people and stone on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, where as a child she used to watch adders basking in the old quarries and hunt for crickets on the limestone cliffs. There鈥檚 a waymaker on the coastal path; a swirling ammonite fossil emerges alongside deep cut letters and chisel marks. 鈥淔or me this sums up what stone is鈥� says Rose, 鈥渁 meeting place of people and earth.鈥� Over the years, Rose has become increasingly interested in the links and stories which connect people and stone, and in this programme she returns to Dorset to meet a geologist, a fossil collector and a father and son whose quarry has been in the family since the 17th century. She also follows a trail of dinosaur footprints and braves an underground tunnel as she explores the relationships between people and stone.

Produced by Sarah Blunt for 麻豆约拍 Audio in Bristol.