BGS Photo P209617 Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey ©NERC. All rights Reserved. Description: Minepit Copse, 5/8 m. S. by E. of Wormley Hill. Looking S. Old working for clay-ironstone. This surface depression, partially filled with stagnant water, indicates the site of a shaft or 'bell-pit' dug to obtain clay-ironstone, used as an iron-ore in the time of the Wealden iron industry. The shaft would have been re-filled with excavated clay, the settling and compaction of which has produced the depression. Date taken: 01/06/1961 Photographer: Pulsford, J.M.
This photograph was uploaded December 13th 2009 by Peter Burgess.Copyright / re-use statement: NERC. All rights reserved.
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