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Large, resistant, quartz‐rich boulders deposited on hillslopes and in channels armour the landscape, trap sediment and influence hillslope angle and erodibility. In the Virginia Appalachians, such boulders are a significant component of hillslopes and channels. Establishing the timing of and processes responsible for bedrock fracture and boulder deposition is a critical piece of understanding the...