Knaphill Plantation
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Knaphill Plantation
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 7 Jun 2007
This is the clump of trees seen from the A30 in Image This view is from a lane near Cookworthy. "Knaphill Plantation" on the map, but http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40485543 calls it "Cookworthy Knapp": "The copse of 140 beech trees stands proudly atop a hillside to the south of the A30 at Lifton on the approach to Cornwall from Devon. Local historians believe the trees were planted in about 1900, either as a landscape feature to mark the northern edge of the Lifton Park Estate, or as cover for pheasants."
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Image Location
Latitude
50.664704
Longitude
-4.26872