Godstone sand pits 1894

From the NERC photographic collection Photo P233343 Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey ©NERC. All rights Reserved. Photographer H.D.Gower. Caption: Godstone, silver sand pits. Lower beds of the Upper Greensand.

This photo shows the large village sand pit with older mine galleries exposed in the sides. The caption is wrong - these sand pits worked the Lower Greensand, Folkestone Beds.

This photograph was uploaded December 7^th 2009 by Peter Burgess.

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