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MILE 44
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Wilcot and Woodborough, Wiltshire : KAC44.00=KAC45.00 |
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KandAC mile 44
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KandAC mile 44 - OS 1inch map, early 19th century.
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... there's always wild flowers on the towpath; this time these, other
times those ...
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The Kennet and Avon Canal from mile 44 to 45 is part of the Fifteen
Mile Pound which roughly follows a contour line on the side of Pewsey
Vale. The towpath is on the north side until a roving bridge at the
eastward end of the mile.
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Picked Hill, height 202m, north of the canal.
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There is an OS triangulation point on the top of Picked Hill.
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Parish boundary Wilcot - Woodborough: SU12366068
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Daisies, Bellis perennis, welcoming the sun after some showers.
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A little mint.
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Boat coming, westwards, round the corner near the culvert over the
stream from Picked Hill.
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Why is a cast concrete prefabricated 'bush shelter' standing by the
canal? The only idea I have is that it could be a shelter for a water
bailiff?
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KandAC culvert 44.30
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Lambit Swing Bridge, Woodborough
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The wood parallel to the canal, to the south, is Lambit Copse.
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Great Western Railway, GWR, boundary marker in the rough ground north
of Woodborough Fields Bridge.
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GREAT [ ERN R]AI[LW]AY Cos. / BOUN[D ]
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The GWR bought the canal in 1852; these boundary markers are later,
about 1910s.
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The canal eastwards from Woodborough Fields Bridge.
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Woodborough Fields Bridge, Woodborough
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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