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The dew-pond to the south east of Chanctonbury at an undetermined age. |
THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — www.findonvillage.com created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon, West Sussex, U.K.
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The dew-pond to the south east of Chanctonbury at an undetermined age. |
DEW-POND TO THE SOUTH EAST OF CHANCTONBURY RING
Copyright Valerie Martin 2004
Dew-ponds became redundant as agricultural features when livestock were supplied with water via troughs linked to main water supplies.
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The dew-pond to the south-east of Chanctonbury Ring by Alfred Robert Quinton (1853-1934). |
 Chanctonbury Ring and dew-pond to the south east c.1930 |
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Chanctonbury Ring and the dew-pond to the south east pre 1938. |
The construction of dew-ponds stopped in Findon towards the end of the 19th century.
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The same scene c.1939 |
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Dew-pond to the south east of Chanctonbury before the Second World War c.1930. |
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Dew-pond south east of Chanctonbury, October 1996 showing the remaining devastated trees. |
The maximum life of a dew-pond is believed to be about a hundred years and in the absence of maintenance they are now rapidly vanishing from the Findon landscape under matted undergrowth.
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