Hedge near Wells
Introduction
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Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 17 Jan 2010
It is difficult to date hedges unless there is documentary evidence as to their planting, but one theory is to count the species in a 30 metre stretch and each species counts as a century. Only count older plants and not saplings. The field is laid to pasture.