Carrland

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[…] carrland on the regional boundary. The carrland is, properly speaking , an extension across administrative limits of country belonging to another region: it forms part of the rim of an area where post-glacial alluvium was first […]

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Away from the carrlands the alluvium is distinctly riverine, with vermiculitic or smectitic clay and a silt content of around 30 per cent. It was deposited over a long period, probably from late-glacial to very recent times.

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Carrland comprises of pools or small ponds holding stands of willow and alder. There are several such carrs in north and north-east Nottinghamshire, but this is the only tract of carrland that I am aware of to the west.

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