2011

ST9839 : 2011 : Australian military cap badge on Lamb Down or Misery Hill

taken 12 years ago, near to Codford st Mary, Wiltshire, England

2011 : Australian military cap badge on Lamb Down or Misery Hill
2011 : Australian military cap badge on Lamb Down or Misery Hill
Above Fox Hole Bottom on the north side of the Wylye Valley.

"The cap badge on the slope above Foxhole Bottom, made by Australian troops, 1916-17, incorporating glass beer bottle bases. Polishing the bottles became a punishment duty, giving rise to the site's colloquial name, 'Misery Hill'. Turfed over during the Second World War to prevent its use by enemy bombers, the outline was restored in chalk and last scoured in 1999 by Austrailian troops."
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Nowadays these hill figures are restored with fresh chalk dug from the hillside nearby. Note the figures on either side which have partly grassed over.
Seen in 2007 here: ST9839 : Hill Figure over looking Foxholes Bottom and the A36 there seems to have been some work on it since.

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ST9839, 6 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Maurice Pullin   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 18 October, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 13 November, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 9839 3939 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.2258N 2:1.4640W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 98190 39073
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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