Ash Cleugh, County Durham

Curved walls on west side of Westernhope Burn

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There are two wall sections across the stream, one completely ruinous. OS mapping at 1:25 000 names these curved walls as sheepfolds but surely they're not; a sheepfold would have a means of sealing an entrance so as to confine animals when required; that would be impossible here. A more likely explanation is that the features are/were sheep shelters so that beasts could keep out of the worst of poor weather.

Uploaded to Geograph by Trevor Littlewood on 6 June 2011

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