Horncastle former cattle market: a derelict patch of weeds
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Horncastle former cattle market: a derelict patch of weeds
Image: © Chris Taken: 12 Aug 2012
This is the area once occupied by Horncastle's historic cattle market as portrayed in Dave Hitchborne's (2009) and Tony Atkin's (2006) photos: Image; Image; Image; Image; Image All that remains now is the small group of sheep pens in photos Image; Image; Image The Council declared the pens unsafe, and demolished them. It has got its way so far, and it remains to be seen if it will manage to build itself some new offices on this fiercely defended piece of common land. After all, the Council knows how these things work: first create a weedy eye-sore, then suggest that some offices would be an improvement!
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Image Location
Latitude
53.205594
Longitude
-0.116137