The Great Rhyne
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Great Rhyne by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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The Great Rhyne
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 8 Aug 2013
Part of the sluice gate before the rhyne empties out into the River Axe. An information plaque reveals that the area of Uphill is actually below the level of the highest tides! Evidence has been found of a sluice dating back to the beginning of the 1600s. Subsequent modernisation and repairs have been carried out: in WWII prisoners built a new one; after the devastating flood of December 1981, more repairs were needed. However, the old mechanisms were in need of total replacement and so these works were made in 2004. See Image] for a wider view of the sluice.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.321094
Longitude
-2.985378