2015

NS8510 : Sheep fold, in the Mennock Pass

taken 9 years ago, 3 km from Auchengruith, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland

Sheep fold, in the Mennock Pass
Sheep fold, in the Mennock Pass
On a ridge between the Beer Burn and the main valley of the Mennock Water. The maps marks in old script a 'Cross' or 'Earthen Cross' depending on the scale. It is not very obvious, especially if one is expecting the usual stone cross, but Mary and Angus Hogg did some detective work and discovered it about 20m east of the sheepfold NS8510 : Mennock Earthen Cross. It does show up quite well on Google Earth imagery of 2010, with the help of a slight shadow from the morning sun.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Grassland Plant: Bracken Primary Subject: Landscape other tags: Hillside Lowther Hills Dumfries and Galloway Mennock Pass Sheepfold Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in September 2015 Automatic Clusters: · Mennock Water [7] · East [5] · Beer Burn [3] · Earthen Cross [3] ·
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Photographer
M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 13 August, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 15 August, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8502 1051 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:22.5037N 3:48.9608W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8507 1032
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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