Drinking troughs at Loxley
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Drinking troughs at Loxley
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 27 Mar 2012
There were clearly a series of troughs provided along Loxley Road - another survives at Stacey Bank http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2872934. The hilly nature of the area would have meant hard work for draught horses, and it was presumably also a drove road for sheep and cattle.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.404851
Longitude
-1.53939