2016

TG1842 : Retting Pond, West Runton

taken 7 years ago, near to West Runton, Norfolk, England

Retting Pond, West Runton
Retting Pond, West Runton
According to the sign, retting is the soaking of the stalks of flax and hemp to remove the fleshy parts, leaving the fibres for making rope, fabric and sailcloth and the pond was probably created for this purpose in the 16th century.

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Geographical Context: Lakes, Wetland, Bog Place: West Runton other tags: Pond Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Sign [17] · Retting Pond [2] Title Clusters: · Retting Pond, West Runton [3] ·
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TG1842, 141 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Hugh Venables   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 2 October, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 3 November, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 1825 4245 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:56.1033N 1:14.7700E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 1823 4244
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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