Old Sea Bank, Walpole St Peter
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Old Sea Bank, Walpole St Peter
Image: © David Prestidge Taken: 11 Feb 2007
The centuries have left the enclosing bank only a few feet above the fields, but it was formerly high enough to keep the saltmarsh fringes of the River Nene enclosed. Legend has it that it the track along its top was used by smugglers.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.734696
Longitude
0.210398