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"If you've never explored #Dentdale, add it to your bucket list. Lying at the western end of the #NationalPark, the dale's steep-sided valley contrasts beautiful flower-filled meadows and lush riverside pastures with the upland of the fells.

šŸ“· Dent Head by @alex_w_helin"

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bluemoon7 said:
I love those walled roads. what is their purpose? Protection from harsh winds? A border for sheep or cattle?
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It's a footpath not a road. The drystone wall is a big thing in Britain. Some of them date back to the C13; actually, some might be older than that. I think. :unsure: Anyway, it's farming thing, to keep cattle and sheep in, to mark land ownership boundaries. There's hedges as well, of course, but in upland areas it's mostly the walls. We've lost a lot, unfortunately. Not as many as the hedges we've lost but, still, it's not great. Such is modern life.

EDIT - You got my curiosity going. Turns out drystone walls were often built by the monks back in ye olden times! I did not know that. šŸ˜®

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