Sand and Gravel Pit
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Sand and Gravel Pit
Image: © Nigel Mykura Taken: 1 Feb 2013
This is one of the larger of several sand and gravel quarries in the immediate vicinity extracting material that was deposited by large meltwater rivers across the south of England during the last ice age.
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Image Location
Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.69771
Longitude
-2.183023