Old Trackway and 'Smugglers' Cottage, Trickett's Cross
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Old Trackway and 'Smugglers' Cottage, Trickett's Cross
Image: © Martin Rowley Taken: 24 Jul 2012
A view of an ancient trackway that once ran from the banks of the River Stour (Dudsbury hill fort) across the heathland and on into north Dorset and Wiltshire. The cottage on the left of the lane is known as 'Smugglers Cottage', and parts of it are thought to be over 400 years old. The trackway was almost certainly used to take contraband away from the coastal area in the south to 'customers' inland. The road in the foreground is the Wimborne Road, once a turnpike linking that town with Ringwood.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.81038
Longitude
-1.87945