Gate detail, Blunts
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Gate detail, Blunts
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 10 Oct 2013
A way of securing a gate I've not met before. There's a conventional spring bolt latch, but in addition there's this piece of metal protruding from the ground, which the hollow vertical end of the gate must slot over in order for it to close. This is at the start of footpath 623/17/1.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.44315
Longitude
-4.3336