Winter Sunshine and Shadows - Whitcombe - Black & White version.
This valley known as Whitcombe is part of Ham Hill Country Park, in South Somerset.
It is the site of a medieval village which extended along both sides of a road running through the valley floor and culminating at the village pond, located beneath the bushes to the right of the centre of the photograph. The stream which flowed from the pond was piped underground some time ago, and since becoming part of Ham Hill Country Park, is being re-instated.
The snow on the left hand slopes outlines the former sites of strip cultivation from medieval times.
The left hand slopes also form the remains of the ramparts of the Iron Age fort on Ham Hill.
Winter Sunshine and Shadows - Whitcombe - Black & White version.
This valley known as Whitcombe is part of Ham Hill Country Park, in South Somerset.
It is the site of a medieval village which extended along both sides of a road running through the valley floor and culminating at the village pond, located beneath the bushes to the right of the centre of the photograph. The stream which flowed from the pond was piped underground some time ago, and since becoming part of Ham Hill Country Park, is being re-instated.
The snow on the left hand slopes outlines the former sites of strip cultivation from medieval times.
The left hand slopes also form the remains of the ramparts of the Iron Age fort on Ham Hill.