2021

SK9942 : View over fields on the edge of Wilsford Heath

taken 3 years ago, near to Wilsford, Lincolnshire, England

View over fields on the edge of Wilsford Heath
View over fields on the edge of Wilsford Heath
The village of Wilsford is hidden in the valley in the middle distance - the Ancaster Gap.
The Ancaster Gap

A band of hard Jurrasic limestone, the Lincolnshire Limestone, runs due south from the Humber towards Grantham, and forms an escarpment commonly known as the 'Lincoln Cliff'. It is a natural barrier to drainage only significantly breached by the River Witham at the 'Lincoln Gap'. A second gap at Ancaster has the small headwater of the River Slea.
However, this 'Ancaster Gap' may have been more significant during Pleistocene times, when it is thought to have carried a river draining much of the Midlands - a proto-Trent flowing west to east through the gap LinkExternal link . Later glacial events caused this Trent drainage to divert north to the Lincoln Gap, and then further north again to the Trent's present route to the Humber.


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Tim Heaton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Heath [6] · Wilsford Heath [5] · Fields [3] · Ancaster [2] · Valley of the River Slea [2] ·
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SK9942, 12 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Tim Heaton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 30 March, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 11 April, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9990 4281 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:58.4007N 0:30.8262W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9969 4241
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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