Little Heath Pit
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Little Heath Pit by Tom Presland as part of the Geograph project.
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Little Heath Pit
Image: © Tom Presland Taken: 16 Aug 2011
Sand and gravel dug from the heath for road surfacing and sandbags for protection from First World War bombs created a pit which has exposed an important geological feature. The pit is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest because it shows layers of beach gravels and sand deposited from a sea which existed some 2.6 million years ago.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.763532
Longitude
-0.528178