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Sue Clark
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5 years ago

Hi All, I'm interested in ochre pits for a book I'm researching. Anyone know anything about the old ochre pit in Shotover Country Park near Oxford? Is anything left of it? Do pictures exist? Can I visit? Failing that, any info on other UK pits, or remains of, I could take a look at. Thank you.

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royfellows
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5 years ago

First port of call:

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=13&lat=51.77920&lon=-1.26880&layers=6&right=BingHyb

The side by side shows an old map, 1913 next to satellite
Mousepointer same on both. OS GB Map ref bottom left pane.

My avatar is a poor likeness.

neutronix
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5 years ago

Check out McKerrow and Kennedy, Geologists's Association Guide No. 3 "The Oxford District". Pretty sure it has references to iron stone mines.

More tricky to find a copy, Lamplugh, Wedd and Pringle, Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol XII "Bedded Ores of the Lias, Oolites and Later Formations in England"

“There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact." Mark Twain

Wormster
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5 years ago

Are you local to Oxford?

I used to play all over Shotty as as sprog, not much evidence of ocher pits extant but a good natural sandpit with stream!

Always up for a good mooch, especially as I am fairly local these days 😉

Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done.

colin567
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5 years ago

"neutronix" wrote:

More tricky to find a copy, Lamplugh, Wedd and Pringle, Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol XII "Bedded Ores of the Lias, Oolites and Later Formations in England"

This is available on the BGS website, publications online.
Lots of interesting reading:)