Gravel extraction
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Gravel extraction
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 27 Feb 2008
This is a major source of grit and gravel, quarried from a huge glacial moraine left by the icesheet that created the plateau. Lorries are constantly coming and going through the narrow lanes and the sound of the machinery can be heard as a background hum.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.059958
Longitude
-4.716914