High Melwood clay pits, aerial
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High Melwood clay pits, aerial
Image: © Chris Taken: 3 Sep 2006
Disused clay pits at High Melwood Farm. The "clay" is Mercia Mudstone - see http://www.glnp.org.uk/admin/resources/lgap-2016-final-2.pdf It is marked on the map that the two fields in front of the pits contain the remains of a Carthusian Priory.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.509212
Longitude
-0.792458