An old ford
Introduction
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An old ford
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 15 Sep 2017
For the main description, and for a view from another angle, see Image As noted there, the foreground feature in the burn is on the line of an old track. The course of that track, which is still discernible in satellite imagery, was marked on OS maps from 1860 to just before the Second World War. The track clearly fell into disuse, though, several decades ago. The feature here in the burn is not marked on any maps, but appears to have been a ford. In the present photograph, the line of the old track continues directly ahead, ending not far ahead where it meets the present-day track (that track existed in 1860). For a view across the old ford from the other side, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.933812
Longitude
-4.465196