Water trough, Carr Hall Lane, Stainland
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Water trough, Carr Hall Lane, Stainland
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 27 Jan 2012
This is the inlet end of a long trough, and the walls around it, formed of large stone flags, are presumably to keep animals away from the part used by people collecting water for domestic consumption in the days before piped water supplies.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.67182
Longitude
-1.877055