Cattle Market, Horncastle
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Image: © Dave Hitchborne Taken: 18 Jul 2009
The sheep pens - The council wanted this land for building on, but the locals opposed the idea. Maybe a newer generation, who have no memories of this past, will relent. Given time the pens will rust away and what would be the point in restoring them.