Sandstone causey
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Sandstone causey
Image: © John Orchard Taken: 29 Jul 2012
An example of a local stone causey (or pavement) laid to reduce the wear on the otherwise soft road surface by pack-horses. The trust maintaining the nearby Doncaster to Saltersbrook turnpike road were laying just such pavements on parts of their road between Marr and Darfield around 1740 to 1760. There is quite a lot more of this causey heading towards Cudworth, before Crookes Farm, emerging from under the modern tarmacadam covering. The lane leads to the pack-horse bridge and staircase at Storrs Wood by the river Dearne adjacent to Cudworth.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.546964
Longitude
-1.380893