taken 15 years ago, near to Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England
Old Chalk Pit on Moneybury Hill
While the Chilterns are made of chalk the level top has a layer of clayey deposits which means that the land is short of lime, As a result a number of small chalk quarries were dug along the edge of the ridge to provide lime to improve the land. This hollow would appear to be such a quarry.
SP9713 : Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Of the third duke SPB Mais wrote: "He is supposed to have looked like George III; he never allowed a woman to wait on him; he destroyed flowers whenever he saw them, and dressed like Dr Johnson". Chacon son gout!