2006

SU2115 : Heathland mire west of Islands Thorns Inclosure, New Forest

taken 18 years ago, 3 km from Fritham, Hampshire, England

Heathland mire west of Islands Thorns Inclosure, New Forest
Heathland mire west of Islands Thorns Inclosure, New Forest
This part of the Forest is dominated by gravel-capped ridges, and on the terrace plateau you find humid heathland. At the terrace edge, where the gravel cap meets the underlying clay, you find seepage step mires. General advice relating to these step mires is along the lines of "if your first step goes in ankle-deep and your next knee-deep, you'd better make your next step backwards". The well-worn tracks on the gravel ridges necessarily avoid the step mires. The trees in shadow on the left are on the slopes of Crock Hill, the site of a Romano-British pottery industry.

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Category: Heathland > Heathland
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Part of the Forest [4] · Scots Pine [4] · Hill [2] · Track [2] ·
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SU2115, 27 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jim Champion   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 8 April, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 9 April, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 212 152 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:56.1516N 1:41.9803W
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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