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Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire , in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough. It has a population of around 5,000 and is part of the Charnwood local government district. It lies, as its name indicates, on the east bank of River Soar (where the Fishpool Brook joins it), and is just opposite the A6 from Quorn . The village is on the Midland Main Line , and Ivanhoe Line trains stop at the Barrow-upon-Soar Railway Station . The village is famous for having a Plesiosaur Excavated in its past, of species '' Rhomaleosaurus Megacephalus '', dubbed the 'Barrow Kipper'. The place of the excavation site is now a roundabout with a sign indicating this. The actual bones are on display at the Leicestershire Museum And Art Gallery on New Walk in Leicester . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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