Blue Pool
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The Blue Pool is a lake in the Furzebrook Estate, a 25 acres park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook in Dorset, England.[1]
The pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Dorset ball clay [2] was dug from from the 1600s to the early 1900s to make smoking pipes and tea pots.
The Estate is a habitat for the Green Sand Lizard and the Sika deer. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [3]
In 1935 a cafe was opened at the site. There is also a museum and gift shop.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bluepooltearooms.co.uk/ www.BluePoolTeaRooms.co.uk
- ^ http://pmmmg.org/Progress.htm The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum
- ^ http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000266.pdf
- ^ http://www.bluepooltearooms.co.uk/ www.BluePoolTeaRooms.co.uk
