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The Blue Pool ........
The title 'Blue' arose, because there are minute particles of clay in suspension within the water.
These suspensions variously diffract the reflected light, yielding colours from 'cloudy' grey, through green, to the more typical turquoise.
The Blue Pool in the Isle of Purbeck, started life early in the 17th century as a chalk pit.
Purbeck Ball Clay was dug from the pit from the mid 17th century to the early 20th century.
The Ball Clay was used to make fine ceramic products, such as smoking pipes, plates, cups and tea pots.
The pit became disused before the first world war, but Purbeck Ball Clay is still extracted from other pits in the area...
The public area contains sandy natural walkways through the heath and pine and occasionally the quite rare Sika deer as well as squirrels, badgers and sand lizards can be found here.
The colours show best when lit by sunshine and preferably at a small amount of ground elevation rather than at water level....
Some days we are enjoying really pretty light....... between overcast days.
Mineral rights in this area mean that companies such as English China Clay,work the area quite profusely .. In 1999 ECC International was acquired by the French company Imetal which subsequently changed its name to Imerys .... local word of mouth seems to be that the company may keep within it's bounds legally but is not a great favourite and holds to it's guns despite local voice.
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( a write up with intensive photo work of the Clay Pit at Arne, very close to the "Blue Pool ".......
blog.domgreves.com/2012/07/09/arne-claypit-reclamation/
Unfortunately at present there appears to be some discrepancy preventing the donation of this land to the RSPB ..... Whether or not it becomes a great wildlife sanctuary, then as the writer says - only time will tell )
The Blue Pool ........
The title 'Blue' arose, because there are minute particles of clay in suspension within the water.
These suspensions variously diffract the reflected light, yielding colours from 'cloudy' grey, through green, to the more typical turquoise.
The Blue Pool in the Isle of Purbeck, started life early in the 17th century as a chalk pit.
Purbeck Ball Clay was dug from the pit from the mid 17th century to the early 20th century.
The Ball Clay was used to make fine ceramic products, such as smoking pipes, plates, cups and tea pots.
The pit became disused before the first world war, but Purbeck Ball Clay is still extracted from other pits in the area...
The public area contains sandy natural walkways through the heath and pine and occasionally the quite rare Sika deer as well as squirrels, badgers and sand lizards can be found here.
The colours show best when lit by sunshine and preferably at a small amount of ground elevation rather than at water level....
Some days we are enjoying really pretty light....... between overcast days.
Mineral rights in this area mean that companies such as English China Clay,work the area quite profusely .. In 1999 ECC International was acquired by the French company Imetal which subsequently changed its name to Imerys .... local word of mouth seems to be that the company may keep within it's bounds legally but is not a great favourite and holds to it's guns despite local voice.
...........................................................................
( a write up with intensive photo work of the Clay Pit at Arne, very close to the "Blue Pool ".......
blog.domgreves.com/2012/07/09/arne-claypit-reclamation/
Unfortunately at present there appears to be some discrepancy preventing the donation of this land to the RSPB ..... Whether or not it becomes a great wildlife sanctuary, then as the writer says - only time will tell )