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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The round, bracken-filled hollow in the foreground is a relic of quarrying... (more)
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Possible test pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
In the foreground, with a stick planted in its centre, is a small round area... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The large irregular hollow, filled with the dry remnants of the previous... (more)
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Possible test pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
Three pits are arranged in an E-W line of about 15 metres here. The present... (more)
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Possible test pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
This is the westernmost of a group of three similar pits that are situated here... (more)
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Possible test pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
Three similar pits are arranged in an E-W line of about 15 metres here. This... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The pit is at the foot of some of the poles (see the course of the power lines... (more)
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Old sandstone quarry
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
A hollow beside the road is now filled with gorse, but it was once a quarry pit,... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
Note the power lines, as depicted on the OS map, which confirm the view... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
Just right of centre, last year's bracken fills a hollow, an old quarry... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The depression in the foreground is 60 metres to the south-west of a prominent... (more)
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Pit on geological dyke
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
The pit appears to have been the site of some small-scale quarrying. The dyke is... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The power lines and the dry-stone dyke shown here are depicted on the 1:25000 OS... (more)
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Possible test pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The power lines that appear in the picture are depicted on the 1:25000 map, and... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
This is one of the largest pits on the muir. Two others of comparable size can... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
This bracken-filled hollow is, very roughly, about 25 metres from end to end. It... (more)
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Old sandstone quarry
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
On the south-eastern (near) side of Cardross Road is a gorse-filled hollow,... (more)
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Signs of surface quarrying
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The round shallow depression is a relic of quarrying.
In the satellite map... (more)
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Old quarry pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
The pit is at the south-eastern edge of the area of woodland shown in... (more)
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Morden, pit
by Mike Faherty
geograph for square SY8995
Former chalk pit on the edge of Common Chalk Pit Wood; no longer used as a chalk... (more)
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Pit beside fence
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3680
This pit is one of a pair; there is one on each side of the fence (the fence... (more)
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Large pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3680
This is one of a pair of pits; its opposite number is nearby, but is less... (more)
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Circular pit
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3681
Category: Crater
This circular pit is on Tullichewan Muir, and is in the shade of the woods which... (more)
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Waterfilled pit in cleared woodland
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3681
Until a few years ago, this feature was hidden in the woods; it would have been... (more)
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Old sandstone quarry
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
This is the quarry referred to at the WoSAS link given in the first end-note.... (more)
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Old sandstone quarry
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
The old quarry, with an exposed red sandstone rock face, is on the south-eastern... (more)
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Signs of surface quarrying
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
The bare patches in the heather are noticeably greener than the surrounding... (more)
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Signs of surface quarrying
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
The shallow green depressions are relics of surface quarrying. As the picture... (more)
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Signs of surface quarrying
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3778
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Old pit
by Ian Dodds
geograph for square NH8110
As noted by another contributor to this square back in 2008, this old pit still... (more)
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Maypole Colliery Memorial - Inscription
by David Dixon
for square SD6001
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Maypole Colliery Disaster Memorial, Abram Parish Church
by David Dixon
geograph for square SD6001
All the victims of the Maypole pit disaster are buried beneath this specially... (more)
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Pit near edge of woods
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3681
Close to the dry-stone dyke that heads SE-NW here, and which follows the edge of... (more)
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Old cornstone workings
by Lairich Rig
geograph for square NS3678
The green area at the centre of the picture is lower than the ground on the left... (more)
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Disused chalk pit, north-east of Wetwang
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE9359
According to the old large-scale OS maps, this pit was dug between 1850 and 1890... (more)
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Roswell Pits in Ely viewed from Kiln Lane
by Richard Humphrey
geograph for square TL5580
Former clay pits which was used for brickmaking
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Old Clay Pit in The King's Forest
by Paul Collins
geograph for square TL8275
This pit is shown as an 'old clay pit' on the 1883 OS map. At that... (more)
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The bear pit - Cromford
by Chris Allen
for square SK2956
The bear pit was built in 1785 by Arkwright and allowed water to be diverted on... (more)
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Q-pit in Ecclesall Woods
by Graham Hogg
geograph for square SK3181
The pit was used to dry wood to produce 'white coal' which was used to... (more)
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Common No.7
by Rab McMurdo
geograph for square NS5824
Pit head ruins and the Common No.7 coal pit bing. The pit bing is barely... (more)
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Looking across the main brick pit area from the path through Roundhill Wood
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
Because the original ground surface is level the pits hardly show up from a... (more)
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Disused Clay Pits - Tring Grange Brick Works
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
The brick works closed in 1916 and the woods have taken over the clay pits.... (more)
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Disused Clay Pits - Tring Grange Brick Works
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
The brick works closed in 1916 and the woods have taken over the clay pits.... (more)
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Disused Clay Pits - Tring Grange Brick Works
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
The brick works closed in 1916 and the woods have taken over the clay pits.... (more)
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Disused Clay Pits - Tring Grange Brick Works
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
The brick works closed in 1916 and the woods have taken over the clay pits.... (more)
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Disused Clay Pits - Tring Grange Brick Works
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
The brick works closed in 1916 and the woods have taken over the clay pits.... (more)
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Disused Clay Pits - Tring Grange Brick Works
by Chris Reynolds
geograph for square SP9308
The brick works closed in 1916 and the woods have taken over the clay pits.... (more)
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Wooded marl pit east of Great Massingham airfield
by Richard Humphrey
geograph for square TF8223
There are hundreds of marl pits scattered all over Norfolk
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St. Peter's Pit from the west
by John Goldsmith
geograph for square TL8464
While this depression is generally known as the Bomb Hole, its correct name is... (more)
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Treverbyn: Wheal Martyn china clay pit
by Martin Bodman
for square SW9955
Excavation of china clay had begun here by 1840. There were two pits: Wheal... (more)
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