A very sandy legacy site with a 7m pit face, situated on a rolling hay field.  The objective was to incorporate the site into the surrounding field that could sustain a hay crop to support other farm operations. Although extremely sandy, the site did have a decent topsoil profile. Additionally, earlier extraction activities on the farm had included stripping and stockpiling topsoil. In one area to the north side of the pit, topsoil had been stripped and spread out on the field to a depth of up to 1 meter. The contractor was able to maximize the available organic soils to cover the regraded site to a depth of about 15 cm (6 inches). The farm owner was then able to groom the site, with very few stones to pick, and seed drill with a hay field mix.