A house by the roadside and china clay waste tip
Introduction
The photograph on this page of A house by the roadside and china clay waste tip by Tony Atkin as part of the Geograph project.
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A house by the roadside and china clay waste tip
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 19 Nov 2005
For every ton of china clay produced there are 9 tons of waste material. This grassed tip is the southern end of a "great wall" which stretches from here north and west for several miles hiding the huge china clay pits behind.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.344786
Longitude
-4.844644