Ramsey Fen Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire

Images are sourced within 2km of 52.508033/-0.065961732 or Grid Reference TL3191. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Dike and farmland near Hughe's Farm

Typical farmland to the south of Whittlesey

Richard Humphrey

Slatebarn Drove near Ashboure's Farm

A grass drove south of Whittlesey

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Farmland west of Marriot's Drove

Remote farmland on Ramsey Fen south of Whittlesey

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Drilled farmland west of Marriot's Drove

Remote farmland on Ramsey Fen south of Whittlesey

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Farm track at Grange Farm

Heading northeast, between cereal fields, from Grange Farm.

M J Richardson

Back Reach Farm, near Benwick

Looking across a field of awned [bearded] wheat TL3292 : Bearded wheat at Grange Farm at Grange Farm.

M J Richardson

Bearded wheat at Grange Farm

Near Benwick. Most traditional wheat cultivars do not have awns or whiskers, unlike barley and rye, but some do.

M J Richardson

Winter barley at Grange Farm, Benwick

A high-yielding six-rowed barley cultivar, Bazooka. The wind turbines just visible in the distance are on Ranson Moor TL3792.

M J Richardson

Potter's fire pit at Grange Farm, Benwick

At a Peterborough Artists' Open Studios day; one of the participating venues was Grange Farm. This is the way that Bronze age people would have fired their pottery - dig a pit about 0.6-0.8m deep, put wood shavings in the bottom, then the pots. Cover and fill with more wood and kindling, light the kindling and once it is well alight cover with a lid [corrugated iron was used here - not sure what the Bronze agers would have used - perhaps clay?]. Leave for about 24 hours, uncover and remove the fired pots.

M J Richardson