Deflection wall
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Deflection wall by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Deflection wall
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 25 May 2015
I have seen this sort of structure (to ensure water turns a corner and does not wash up onto the adjacent road) on a larger scale for dam overflows, but never in a roadside ditch. But the stream entering through this concrete culvert appears to drain a large area of the steep eastern slope of Coopers Hill, so may well be subject to high flows in flash floods.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.434031
Longitude
-0.554329