Cattle Grid on a Minor Road

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Cattle Grid on a Minor Road

Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 5 Apr 2008

This grid is on the road leading up to Racecourse Downs and presumably is there to keep animals from straying off the downs. However, from what I saw of the downland when walking further along this road it is now nearly all enclosed sheep pasture.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.497096
Longitude
-4.692604