TL9618 : Glaciation Limit
taken 6 years ago, near to Layer de la Haye, Essex, Great Britain

Glaciation Limit
This gravel extraction pit marks the southern limit of the ice sheet during the last ice age. The gravel laid down by the retreating glacier is being extracted for building works associated with the £150m scheme to expand the capacity of Abberton Reservoir. Using locally sourced materials reduces road trips by truck and hence reduces the carbon footprint of the project as a whole. As the new gravel pit will not actually be under water in 2015 when new lake is full the tax-man has declared it is not part of the building site and so is liable to gravel extraction tax. Essex and Suffolk Water are understandably contesting this.
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- TL9618, 21 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- Glyn Baker (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 23 June, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 4 July, 2012
- Geographical Context
- Category
- Gravel pit (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TL 969 187 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:49.9743N 0:51.4049E - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TL 966 181
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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