Clifton Green and dovecote
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Clifton Green and dovecote
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 27 Jun 2018
There had been no rain for some weeks and at the end of June 2018 there were high temperatures and cloudless skies, so the mowed grass was dry and yellow. According to the Nottinghamshire History website, quoting "Links with Old Nottingham" (1928), "Clifton Dovecote seems to date from the eighteenth century, and is picturesquely situated on the village green. Its accommodation is enormous for it provides 2,300 nesting boxes. This is by far the greatest number of nesting boxes in any dovecote in Nottinghamshire, and Clifton Dovecote is probably the most commodious in England".
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Image Location
Latitude
52.908125
Longitude
-1.187964