Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SILVER PIT

SILVER PIT, a depression in the North Sea; 16 miles E of Saltfleet, in Lincoln. It is about 5 miles long, and has depths of from 27 to 47 fathoms; while the seabottom around it has depths of only from 9 to 18 fathoms.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a depression"   (ADL Feature Type: "gaps")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire Ancient County

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