Red Hill Cutting
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Red Hill Cutting by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Red Hill Cutting
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 6 Jul 2010
The cutting was created in 1815 to ease the gradient on the main road north out of Nottingham. It is cut through mudstones and the underlying Bunter Sandstone. This is the view looking north towards Leapool Island.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.018564
Longitude
-1.131183