Nearing the top of Church Hill
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Nearing the top of Church Hill
Image: © Andy Potter Taken: 28 Feb 2009
This section of the A29 cuts deeply into the hill to reduce the gradient. The revetted bank below the house suggests that the building pre-dates the lowering of the road. The Roman road, latterly known by its Saxon name of Stane Street, may have been lowered here by Napoleonic prisoners of war.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.95853
Longitude
-0.509785