Black Heath Pond
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Black Heath Pond
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 21 Mar 2007
There are several ponds in the Ripon Parks area, of which Black Heath Pond and Queen Mary's Dubb are the largest. They may be kettle hole lakes formed at the end of the last ice age, or possibly because of the collapse of underground gypsum deposits, which are common in this area.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.169095
Longitude
-1.536461