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The group
met at Holme Lacy College. The core of the college is the
old Bower Farm; the 17th century farmhouse is on the right |
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Near the
beginning of the walk. The first gate being closed behind
the group. |
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Holme Lacy
House with archery practice in the middle distance |
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The 'Green
Drive' ran between Holme Lacy House and Little Dewchurch |
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Oaks in
Holme Lacy Park |
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Veteran
oak at Holme Lacy |
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Hereford
cattle in Holme Lacy Park |
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Hereford
calves on the Green Drive |
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Dinedore Hill from the Green Drive |
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Further
along the Green Drive the group approaches 'The Belt', a
northward extension of Upper Bolstone Wood. |
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Looking
back along the Green Drive, marked by the line of trees
running from the right-hand side of the picture |
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Old
building at Tarrs Mill |
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Heather
Hurley explaining the history of Tarrs Mill |
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Earthwork
features at Tarrs mill indicating a medieval settlement |
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Potato
ridges in 'Bloody Meadow'. According to legend this was
the site of the battle in which King Gryffyd ap Llywellyn
of Wales
defeated the English in 1055, before burning Hereford. |
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PJ Pikes
explaining the events of 1055/6. The peace treaty between
Gryffydd and the English was signed at nearby Billingsley.
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Walking
along the edge of Ramsden Coppice. The bank on the left,
marking the edge of the wood, must be hundreds, possibly
thousands of years old. |
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The group
in a clearing in Ramsden Coppice. This has been woodland
since at least the 14th century when it was owned by the
dean and chapter of Hereford Cathedral and its timber was
used to repair their property. |
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Ramsden
Coppice totally felled in the 1970s.
It was
then planted with Larch and Western
Red Cedar. |
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But
wherever there is a gap in the trees native species return |
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David
Lovelace explaining the vegetation in the wood |
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An old
curving bank just visible in the wood. This archaeological
feature could be of any date from the Iron Age to the post
medieval periods |
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In
adjacent Widow's Wood this area has been cleared of
conifers and replanted with native broad-leaved species |
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The road
here sits in a pronounced hollow-way which must be many
centuries old |
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Examining
hedgerow species |
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