Flail-cut hedge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Flail-cut hedge by Bob Harvey as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 7 Mar 2015
This hedge appears always to have been cut back rather than laid, giving a bushy structure. For at least 30 years it seems to have been flail cut, producing this open, boxy, outline.