Rattlesden village sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Rattlesden village sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Rattlesden village sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 20 Dec 2020
You'd be forgiven for being rather confused by the presence of an anchor and whale bones on the sign of this inland village between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. Rattlesden - based on the River Rat - has a long connection with water-based navigation and a door handle on the St Nicholas Church was allegedly made out of an anchor found nearby on the riverbed. The whale-bones were arranged in arch over the Rat in the 19th century by a local homeowner although the bones there today are replicas of the original. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4294749
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Image Location
Latitude
52.19576
Longitude
0.89475