By Damien Gayle Last updated at 7:46 AM on 15th February 2012 A rock which rested inconspicuously on the doorstep of a house for at least 80 years has been revealed as the biggest meteorite ever found to have landed in Britain. The 200lb space rock, which is 1.6ft long, had been sitting by the front door of Lake House, a stately home near Wilsford-cum-Lake, Wiltshire, since the early 1900s. It is thought to have landed on Earth 30,000 years ago. It had been thought that the rock landed in another part of the world before being brought to England by a collector.
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The rock is four times larger than the next biggest discovered
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It is thought to have landed on Britain 30,000 years ago
Massive: The meteorite from Lake House which, at 1.6ft long and a weight of 200lb, is believed to be the biggest ever discovered to have fallen on @placeholder