Moat in Fountain Dale
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Moat in Fountain Dale
Image: © Antony Dixon Taken: 27 Dec 2011
Marked on the map as an 'antiquity' it is thought to have been built in Saxon times to protect a shrine. It is said that the relics and treasures of the shrine were hidden by a monk when the Danes were raiding the area, and were never found, possibly because the monk who hid them was killed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.106116
Longitude
-1.15556