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©Dylan Moore
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking down from above the trees, on [[823160]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>Another view of [[823160]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>An old clay pit.
©steve bailey
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Blue Pool, near Furzebrook is situated in the area known as the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The title 'Blue' comes about because there is in suspension in the water minute particles of clay which variously diffract the light giving colours from 'cloudy' grey through green to the superb blue. http://www.isleofpurbeck.com/bluepool.html
©Christine Matthews
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©Dylan Moore
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©nick macneill
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©Sarah Charlesworth
Dist:0.2km<br/>These steps take a pleasant route down to the edge of [[823160]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>A large single patch of rhododendrons within the woodland in the grounds of [[823160]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Blue Pool, near Furzebrook is situated in the area known as the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The title 'Blue' comes about because there is in suspension in the water minute particles of clay which variously diffract the light giving colours from 'cloudy' grey through green to the superb blue. http://www.isleofpurbeck.com/bluepool.html
©Christine Matthews
Dist:0.2km<br/>A look down to Blue Pool, a remnant of a Purbeck clay pit which was in use from the 16th to 19th centuries and survives only because the prospectors couldn't be bothered to fill in what they left behind.
©Chris Downer
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©Andrew Hackney
Dist:0.2km<br/>From the early 17th century the Blue Pool at Furzebrook was dug for clay to make high quality pottery and clay pipes. The colloidal clay particles in the water disperse light in such a way as to give the pool a greenish-blue colour. In 1985 it was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and many rare species may be found in the locality. The pool itself supports no life forms whatsoever. http://blue.pool.users.btopenworld.com/
©John Lamper
Dist:0.2km<br/>Blue Pool is a remnant of a Purbeck clay pit which was in use from the 16th to 19th centuries and survives only because the prospectors couldn't be bothered to fill in what they left behind.
©Chris Downer

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