The curious case of the lowered hill
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The curious case of the lowered hill by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 13 May 2014
This stone in Styles Hill has weathered a bit but seems to read: This hill was lowered 7 ??? 1861 It also has a benchmark too (an original from the nineteenth century) - see http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm57378 for the entry in the Benchmark Database and Image] for a wider view.
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