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Dist:0.2km north<br/>The road junction between Kellaways and Peckingell, leading to Upper Peckingell Farm.
©James Wright
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Taken from Maud Heath's Causeway.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The River Avon, seen from Maud Heath's Causeway, near Kellaways and Langley Burrell.
©James Wright
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The bridge over the River Avon, near Langley Burrell.
©James Wright
Dist:0.3km north<br/>A closer look at this unusual raised walkway,(shortly after a flood has subsided).
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.3km north<br/>A different view, showing the River Avon crossing.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Now almost part of the folklore of this area, Maud Heath lived in medieval times, and in 1474 made a bequest of land in order to build and maintain a causeway through the Avon marshes to Chippenham. Fragments of this causeway are still visible, principally at Kellaways.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The church stands beside Maud Heath's Causeway.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The road underneath the railway.
©James Wright
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The postbox near the church. In the background the road ploughs on.
©James Wright
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The bizarre Maud Heath's Causeway built in the C15 to keep people dry on the walk from Wick Hill to Chippenham. Also shown is St Giles Church which dates from the C18
©ChurchCrawler
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Now almost part of the folklore of this area, Maud Heath lived in medieval times, and in 1474 made a bequest of land in order to build and maintain a causeway through the Avon marshes to Chippenham. Fragments of this causeway are still visible, principally at Kellaways. The image shows just a few of the sixty four arches that carry the causeway along the lowest stretch of its 4.5 mile length. The image is taken from the field beside the structure and the church is that of St Giles.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The church at the end of Maud Heath's Causeway.
©James Wright
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Now almost part of the folklore of this area, Maud Heath lived in medieval times, and in 1474 made a bequest of land in order to build and maintain a causeway through the Avon marshes to Chippenham. Fragments of this causeway are still visible, principally at Kellaways. This monument stands beside the causeway near the bridge over the River Avon.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
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