NOVEMBER 2023 - 02
ILford XP2S Rodinal 1+25 18 minutes
Hasselblad 903SWC
Hurdle Stack, Priddy
A thatched hurdle stack stands on Priddy Green. It is a symbolic collection of wooden hurdles that were used to form the sheep pens at Priddy Sheep Fair up until just after the Second World War. After this time metal hurdles were used. The hurdle stack was rebuilt a couple of times after the hurdles rotted. It was rebuilt in 1997 but was burnt down in an arson attack in April 2013. It was rebuilt in July 2013. It contains 130 ash hurdles. It was previously thatched with straw but is currently thatched with reed, which lasts longer.
Priddy Sheep Fair was moved from Wells to Priddy in 1348 during the Black Death.
NOVEMBER 2023 - 02
ILford XP2S Rodinal 1+25 18 minutes
Hasselblad 903SWC
Hurdle Stack, Priddy
A thatched hurdle stack stands on Priddy Green. It is a symbolic collection of wooden hurdles that were used to form the sheep pens at Priddy Sheep Fair up until just after the Second World War. After this time metal hurdles were used. The hurdle stack was rebuilt a couple of times after the hurdles rotted. It was rebuilt in 1997 but was burnt down in an arson attack in April 2013. It was rebuilt in July 2013. It contains 130 ash hurdles. It was previously thatched with straw but is currently thatched with reed, which lasts longer.
Priddy Sheep Fair was moved from Wells to Priddy in 1348 during the Black Death.