Livestock pens
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Livestock pens by Philip Halling as part of the Geograph project.
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Livestock pens
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 5 May 2013
These livestock pens are marked on the large scale OS map as 'Sheep dip'. A sheep dip is used for 'dipping' sheep, basically a narrow tank dug into the ground filled with a diluted liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide which protect sheep from parasites such as flies laying eggs in their wool.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.984758
Longitude
-3.862695