Eliot Pits, Blackheath
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Eliot Pits, Blackheath
Image: © Marathon Taken: 31 May 2011
Blackheath was once extensively quarried for gravel, sand and chalk, and the pits remained open for many years. During the 1870s, the sharp sides of some of the gravel pits were eased to make them less dangerous. Many of the pits were filled in with bomb rubble after the Second World War, except for one or two around the edge of the Heath. Eliot Pits was possibly left because the land slopes away steeply from the edge of the Heath anyway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.468718
Longitude
-0.006982