Red Hill Near Rolls Farm
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Red Hill Near Rolls Farm
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 28 Oct 2016
Not much of a hill but very plainly red. This clearly visible surface archaeology is a Red Hill. Red Hills were Roman salt pans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hill_(salt_making) , the redness was caused by burning the heat being used to evaporate away the water. 2000 years later salt is still extracted from the Blackwater by the Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.74186
Longitude
0.82072