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Holme Lacy,
Saturday 11th February |
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A
reconnaissance walk by Archenfield Archaeology around Holme Lacy began at Bower Farm; the original
core and home farm of
Holme
Lacy College, part of the Pershore group of colleges. |
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Holme Lacy
is the northernmost village in the study area. From here
roads leads east and then south to Fownhope and
Brockhampton and south to Bolstone and Ballingham. |
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Holme lacy
still has some thatched timber framed houses |
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Holme Lacy
School |
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To the
north-east of the village the road to Fownhope and
Mordiford drops down a steep scarp. This scarp as an
ancient abandoned bank of the River Wye |
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To the
east is the floodplain of the Wye |
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The Red
Cliff. The river here is still visibly cutting into this
old red sandstone cliff. |
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Where the
slope isn't too steep it is covered with trees and
undergrowth. |
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Looking
back towards the previous viewpoint. The intervening
public footpath is totally overgrown and impassable. The
Wye floodplain in Hampton Bishop parish is on the left.
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Heading
back towards Holme Lacy along the old railway line. Trains
from Hereford travelled in this direction. |
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The old
goods platform at Holme Lacy |
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Looking
back south towards Bower Farm from the lane to Holme Lacy
Park. |
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Holme Lacy
House - the largest Great House in Herefordshire |
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A little
further on - the lake at Holme Lacy and Fownhope in the
distance |
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Holme Lacy
Park |
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In the
middle distance is Ramsden Coppice - owned by the dean and
chapter of Hereford Cathedral in the middle ages, its
timber was used to repair their property.
The hill
in the background is Dinedor, with its Iron Age hill-fort.
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