Yardheads, Tweedmouth
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The photograph on this page of Yardheads, Tweedmouth by Barbara Carr as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Barbara Carr Taken: 27 Jan 2013
This path follows the ancient line of farmsteadings in Tweedmouth. There is debate as to whether the term 'yardheads' refers to the edge of the garden/steading areas, or to the yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 90 cm) of crop-rearing fields which was reaped to check the quality of the crop.