2012

NT4348 : Clearance cairn

taken 12 years ago, near to Fountainhall, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Clearance cairn
Clearance cairn
This pile of stones has made it on to the 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey map. It is the result of hard labour, winning arable land from stony moorland above the Gala Water. The pile is excess stone, many of the rocks were used to build dykes.

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Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening other tags: Dyke Stone Clearance Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Gala Water [9] ·
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NT4348, 13 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Webb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 8 January, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 11 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 4347 4863 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:43.6658N 2:54.0980W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 4348 4865
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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