For over seventy years, up until the Second World War, the hillsides above Buriton were a hive of industrial activity. Enormous amounts of chalk were excavated from quarries and burnt in nearby lime kilns. During the war the site was used for secret research into enemy bombs and mines – but, subsequently, it has been abandoned and nature has taken over. The Buriton Chalk Pits are now a Local Nature Reserve. This guided walk will explain the industrial heritage and refer to a particularly rare mollusc, now living on the site, which helps to provide the title for the walk.