Galleting in a cottage wall at Witley (3) - with wheelie bins
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Galleting in a cottage wall at Witley (3) - with wheelie bins
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 8 Jul 2012
Galleting - decorating the mortar courses of a building with pebbles or chips of stone - is an ancient tradition, which may once have been seen as a safeguard against witchcraft. Colour-coded wheelie-bins have been devised as a means of fending off threats more recently recognised. Seen along the side wall of a cottage by the main village street.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.149361
Longitude
-0.647025