2023

TF1417 : The Counter Drain

taken 10 months ago, near to Tongue End, Lincolnshire, England

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The Counter Drain
The Counter Drain
Ruler-straight across the fens, toward a right-angled junction with the Gravel Drain, near Poplar Tree Farm. We are looking here, upstream. The Counter Drain is one of the minor works associated with the creation of Vernatt's Drain in 1643, and later enlarged by the Deeping Fen Adventurers, and then the commissioners of the Deeping Fen Drainage Board.
The Fens

The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region.
A fen is the local name for an individual area of marshland or former marshland and also designates the type of marsh typical of the area, which has neutral or alkaline water chemistry and relatively large quantities of dissolved minerals, but few other plant nutrients.
Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into four counties: Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and a small area of Suffolk, as well as the historic county of Huntingdonshire. In whole it occupies an area of nearly 1,500 sq miles.
Most of the Fenland lies within a few metres of sea level. As with similar areas in the Netherlands, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetlands, which have been artificially drained and continue to be protected from floods by drainage banks and pumps.


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Geographical Context: Flat landscapes Near: Tongue End Baston County: Lincolnshire Primary Subject: Drain other tags: Fenland Drain Fenland The Fens Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TF1417, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bob Harvey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 27 May, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 28 May, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 1449 1759 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:44.6291N 0:18.3269W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 1454 1761
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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