Blue Pool, Dorset
id:
blue-pool-dorset-282-10132871
title:
Blue Pool, Dorset
text:
Blue Pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck ball clay was once extracted. It is now a lake within the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre (10 ha) park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset, southern England. Furzebrook Estate is about 3 mi (5 km) south of Wareham and 2 mi (3 km) west of Corfe Castle. The pool 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 earl
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pool,_Dorset
date created:
date modified:
2022-08-23T23:20:04Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q885847","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q885847"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Blue_Pool%2C_Furzebrook%2C_Dorset_-_geograph.org.uk_-_720161.jpg","width":640,"height":416}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14