Loose Plantations

Wood, Forest in Sussex Wealden

England

Loose Plantations

View WNW towards Mount Caburn This was taken from the permissive path that links the Old Coach Road to Charleston Farmhouse. — View WNW towards Mount Caburn Credit: Ian Cunliffe

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Loose Plantations Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 50.82932/0.12019117 or Grid Reference TQ4905. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

View WNW towards Mount Caburn

This was taken from the permissive path that links the Old Coach Road to Charleston Farmhouse.

Ian Cunliffe

Barn and tank at Charleston Farm

Ian Cunliffe

Tilton Bottom

Robin Webster

A raped bridleway

Public bridleway Alciston 15c, which becomes South Heighton 6c at the parish boundary at the end of the rape.

Robin Webster

View up Bostal Bottom

The bottom curves around to the left, a continuation of Blackstone Bottom, down below to the right.

Robin Webster

View towards Bopeep car park

Bopeep Bostal reaches the crest of the downs at the low point, where there is a small car park.

Robin Webster

Derelict cattle crush

The cattle were driven along an alley from the right, and trapped by the neck by a lever operated gate in order to subject them to some indignity or the other. They were then released to the left. There were no cattle to be seen in this area, it is largely sheep and arable now.

Robin Webster

Slight earthwork near bridleway

As usual, hard to photograph unless a low sun gives good shadows, not the case here. This seems to be one of two bowl barrows 'reduced in height by ploughing' so 'no more than 0.3 m high' which are listed as Ancient Monuments hereabouts.

Robin Webster

Five Lords' Burgh with two boundary stones

A bowl barrow, a scheduled Ancient Monument. It is currently the meeting point of three parishes, South Heighton, Alciston and Alfriston. In Victorian times there were four parishes; Denton has been absorbed into South Heighton. Historic England relay the story that there were once five parishes, hence the name. The near stone has 'L G' or possibly 'L C' on it.

Robin Webster

Bridleway gate, Five Lords' Burgh

Five Lords' Burgh, a not very impressive barrow, is just to the left.

Robin Webster

View north from near Five Lords' Burgh

Robin Webster

Beanstalk at Firle

Cottage on the old coach road near to Firle village, welcome stop for weary walkers providing teas at weekends in summer in secluded garden to rear

David M Clark

Tilton Bostal

Bridleway that leads off South Downs Way to provide flowery and gradual descent to Tilton, one-time home of the economist Maynard Keynes, and his associates in the Bloomsbury set at nearby Charleston

David M Clark

Pyramid orchid at Tilton Bostal

Thin chalk soils on steep north-facing scarp slopes of the South Downs provide rich array of cowslips, followed here by orchids

David M Clark

Bostal path above Alciston

Now classed simply as a footpath but signs are that this has been worn down over the centuries by cart traffic. One of several bostal paths that cross 'access land' on the scarp slopes of the Downs.

David M Clark

Bopeep Farmhouse

The farmhouse sits astride the old coach road, seen here from the top of the old chalkpit at Bopeep Bostal.

David M Clark

South Downs escarpment near Firle Beacon

Taken from the steep descent from Firle Beacon looking east along the escarpment and across the Low Weald.

David Kemp

Bovines at Charleston Farm

Charleston Farm is to be distinguished from the nearby Charleston Farmhouse which was frequented pre-War by the members of the Bloomsbury Set whose interests were unlikely to have included farming. The downland spur of Round Hill rises in the background.

David Kemp

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Loose Plantations is located at Grid Ref: TQ4905 (Lat: 50.82932, Lng: 0.12019117)

Administrative County: East Sussex

District: Wealden

Police Authority: Sussex