Cattle Pens at Purewell Meadows
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Image: © mike smith Taken: 21 Oct 2007
These meadows are a local nature reserve, and cattle are used to graze the land to help keep the vegetation under control. The animals used are Galloway Cattle which are able to tolerate the damp conditions on the meadows in winter.