THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE ― These Findon Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and are progressively growing to be the only record of life around Findon, West Sussex, England. Everyday stories about real people. In fact, a potted history of the village.
TWO MORE DEW-PONDS
Copyright Valerie Martin 2004
On another sunny July evening in 2002, I found the locations of two further dew-ponds hitherto unknown to me. When I say the "locations" I literally do mean sites... as the actual dew-ponds have dried up and are almost indistinguishable.
The first was again on a track to the east of Cissbury Ring at O.S. 1590 0855 and I have christened it the Lychpole Bottom Dew-pond site. It appears as an indentation in the field as if a giant has bounced his football. Interestingly enough, hidden in the undergrowth nearby on Lychpole Bottom is a pheasant hatchery.
A little further up the same track is the New Hill Barn dew-pond site at O.S. 1595 0900 .... just west of the Steyning road. This dew-pond is even more indistinct.
The maximum life of the average dew-pond may be a hundred years and time is running out in the Findon area for the surviving dew-ponds.
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