Track beside the Shropshire Union canal
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Track beside the Shropshire Union canal
Image: © John Haynes Taken: 25 Oct 2007
This track runs beside the canal across Whixhall Moss and probably dates from the days when the canal needed regular maintenance as the moss shrank as it was drained to enable the peat to be cut. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/about/teams/team_photo/Mosses04.pdf
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Image Location
Latitude
52.914809
Longitude
-2.751997