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| Flimston farmhouse |
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On Sunday 20th, we went out on the Range with the National Parks Education Service. Our guide was Pete Crane and we visited Flimston, Pricaston and Brownslade Farm (the house has been completely demolished). What a great loss: buildings dating back to Mediaeval times and productive farms, now in ruins in an uncultivated landscape. And such a breathtaking coastline, now out of bounds.
We learnt a lot: Pete is an archaeologist and showed us a hillfort, bronze burial mound and even WW2 relics. Did you know that Frainslake Sands was used to rehearse the DDay landings?
It was a hugely enjoyable day, with good companionship and to cap it all, the sun shone allowing us to fully take in the beauty of the landscape.
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