Old sand pit workings
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The photograph on this page of Old sand pit workings by Jim Bain as part of the Geograph project.
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Old sand pit workings
Image: © Jim Bain Taken: 30 Aug 2005
This area of Fife has, or has had, many sand pits over the years. Many like this one have now closed. The small stones piled into heaps and scattered about were extracted from the sand as it passed over screens before being washed.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.396468
Longitude
-2.920458