Sand Pit Field
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sand Pit Field by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Sand Pit Field
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 13 Sep 2009
The name of the field according to the 1838 tithe map. Between the ridge in the distance and the foot of the South Downs is a small geological strip of land known as the greensand which contains sandy soils and was often quarried for sand, and still is near Storrington. A disused sandpit lies on the western side of Streat Lane nearby and this one may well have contained another old pit which was filled in and reverted to agricultural use.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.917385
Longitude
-0.078719