Editing Blackheath, London (section)

===Mineral extraction===
The Vanbrugh Pits, known locally as the Dips,<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Friends of Westcombe Woodlands|url=http://www.westcombewoodlands.org/history/index.html|access-date=2020-12-03|language=en-US}}</ref> are on the north-east of the heath. A former gravel workings site,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=LEW004 |title=London Gardens Online |publisher=London Gardens Online |access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref> it has long been reclaimed by nature and form a feature in its near-flat expanse; particularly attractive in spring when its [[gorse]] blossoms brightly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/parks/blackheath/Pages/Vanbrugh-Pits.aspx |title=Vanbrugh Pits on Blackheath |publisher=Lewisham.gov.uk |access-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728033837/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/parks/blackheath/Pages/Vanbrugh-Pits.aspx |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>