Marl pond
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Marl pond by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Marl pond
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 14 Nov 2008
The result of excavating the marl (clay) for spreading on the fields as fertiliser. Many of these ponds are sited in field boundaries so that the clay could be carried either way, and also because they provided water for grazing animals.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.996241
Longitude
-1.056537