Lee Moor China Clay Pits are just outside the national park, but they have an impact on the local landscape

6th November 2006

 

1.  Whitehill Yeo China Clay Pit, one of the Lee Moor China Clay Works quarries

Whitehill Yeo China Clay Pit

2.  Whitehill Yeo Clay Pit extension with china clay extraction ongoing - the Dartmoor National Park boundary runs around this pit

Whitehill Yeo Clay Pit extension with china clay extraction ongoing

3.  China clay pit with the slopes of Lee Moor on the left

Lee Moor china clay pit

4.  Great Trowlesworthy Tor

Great Trowlesworthy Tor

5.  Big Pond and the china clay pits boundary wall beyond

Big Pond and the china clay pits boundary wall

6.  View north from the clay pits

View north from the Lee Moor china clay pits

7.  A solitary tree survives on the clay pits boundary wall

A solitary tree survives on the clay pits boundary wall

8. 

Lee Moor and Penn Beacon

9.  The setting sun gives a red glow to the slopes of Great Trowlesworthy Tor

The setting sun gives a red glow to the slopes of Great Trowlesworthy Tor