Island Farm
Introduction
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Island Farm
Image: © Bob Jenkins Taken: 7 Feb 2009
The name is not so strange - in past times the surrounding land was undrained peat, around 12 feet deep 150 years ago, but less than 7 feet today. The Pilling and Winmarleigh marshes were known as the "Black Lake" by the monks of Cockersands Abbey. All dwellings were built on the higher hillocks of moraine, and would have been islands when the marshes were at their wettest.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.913588
Longitude
-2.82814