Hedgehog's revenge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hedgehog's revenge by John Winder as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Hedgehog's revenge
Image: © John Winder Taken: 9 Jun 2020
The hedgehog has been associated with Ross on Wye since around 500AD, when the Celts invaded Ross and called the area "Ergyng", meaning "Land of the Hedgehogs". The old name survives in a mutated form as "Archenfield", an area on the south edge of modern-day Ross. There are at least fourteen representations of hedgehogs in the town's church, as well as some less official ones on roadsigns.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.918112
Longitude
-2.584593