Hollow Lane, revisited.
South Somerset has many of these sunken lanes, formed before the era of tarmac. Wagons travelling over the roads would break up and loosen the sandstone. Although South Somerset gets a lower rainfall than other parts of the south west of England, it is more likely to be torrential. The hollow lanes are all on steep slopes, where loosened soil and rock fragments would be washed down by the heavy rainstorms, so deepening the lanes over the years.
Hollow Lane, revisited.
South Somerset has many of these sunken lanes, formed before the era of tarmac. Wagons travelling over the roads would break up and loosen the sandstone. Although South Somerset gets a lower rainfall than other parts of the south west of England, it is more likely to be torrential. The hollow lanes are all on steep slopes, where loosened soil and rock fragments would be washed down by the heavy rainstorms, so deepening the lanes over the years.