Site of Medieval Marlpit
Description of this historic site
The site of a marlpit, from which a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime was extracted as a fertiliser, which dates from the Medieval period. It is situated 500m northeast of Sees Wood,
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Notes about this historic site
1 In a deed dated 1334 a close with a marl pit is called ‘The Old Close’.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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