What is recorded here
Among the trees on the left are the remains of an 18th to 19th Century flint mill. Flint, carried back from London as ballast in collier ships, was ground for use in the pottery industry.
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- JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- MSX, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bill Henderson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andrew Curtis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anthony Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Clive Nicholson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- wfmillar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alan Heardman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Roy Hughes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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