Slag heap plateau
Introduction
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Slag heap plateau
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 14 Apr 2007
The sides of this heap are covered with grass and bushes, so it was a big surprise to see the bare white surface. It is waste from the blast furnaces of Millom Ironworks, which closed in 1968. The cleared site is now a nature reserve http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=9&N=&ID=1389 .
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Image Location
Latitude
54.208699
Longitude
-3.259212