Pit on Aldbury Common
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Pit on Aldbury Common
Image: © Dylan Moore Taken: 20 Jan 2014
The 1st Edition OS map shows this as a disused chalk pit. The Chalk Rock - a hard band at the base of the Upper Chalk - crops out here, and probably furnished hard chunks of chalk for burning to lime, probably used agriculturally in the Aylesbury Vale.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.809094
Longitude
-0.595959