View southwest of Bratton Camp,... © Edmund Shaw cc-by-sa/2.0

2014

ST8951 : View southwest of Bratton Camp, Wiltshire

taken 10 years ago, near to Bratton, Wiltshire, England

View southwest of Bratton Camp, Wiltshire

Part of the northwest scarp slope of Salisbury Plain. The hillside ridges, or "terracettes", are also known as "sheep tracks". These terracettes are the result of downhill soil-creep over thousands of years, exacerbated by the trampling of livestock, which mostly walk across the hillside rather than up and down it.

Geographical Context: Uplands Grassland Primary Subject: Downland

This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY, 2014 Galleries: · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in January 2015 · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in September 2014 Automatic Clusters: · Bratton Camp [17] · White Horses in Wiltshire [15] · Salisbury Plain [8] · Hillside [3] Other Photos: · View southwest from Bratton Camp, Wiltshire ·

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Grid Square: ST8951, 102 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Edmund Shaw (more nearby)
Date Taken: Saturday, 23 August, 2014 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 31 August, 2014
Subject Location: OSGB36: ST 8960 5140 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.6997N 2:9.0259W
Camera Location: OSGB36: ST 8977 5161
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)