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Dist:0.2km<br/>In this case the A4110 near Shirl Heath. Ironically, the north-south route has forsaken a typically straight Roman road which lies a few hundred yards to the left.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Busy rural Car Auction on the A4110 a quarter of a mile north of Lawton Cross and approximately 4 miles to the south of Kingsland
©Tony Bailey
Dist:0.4km<br/>Beyond the electric fence, next Winter's food.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.4km<br/>An oversized sign (with missing lettering) warns of the imminent junction
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The Lawton Cross to Eardisland road from the junction of the cutoff to Shirl Heath.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>This road to Eardisland from Lawton Cross is now unclassified, however, it used to be part of the A44, which now follows a more southerly route.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.6km<br/>Private house on a narrow lane off A4110, signpost pointing to Street.
©Tony Bailey
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Dist:0.8km<br/>On the left the mainshaft drives a conventional pit wheel, wallower and great spur wheel assembly driving three pairs of stones underdrift. The large wooden shaft going to the right drives a set of gears operating a machine to beat seeds out of clover. The handle and gears in the centre operate the sluice for the waterwheel. This watermill was open for National Mills Weekend.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.8km<br/>Up close and personal with waterwheel driven machinery. On the right lower is the turning pit wheel that is out of engagement with the rest of the gear train. The wallower (bevel) and great spur wheel (a spur gear!) are central and closer to the camera is one of the stone nuts that has been lifted out of engagement. When engaged it sits on the larger square part of the vertical shaft (the quant). This was a very gloomy corner and the camera was on a tripod with 50% time exposure and 50% flash. I prefer this effect to 100% flash.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.8km<br/>Possibly the best watermill in Herefordshire and open for National Mills Weekend. The large vertical gear is the pitwheel and that drives the wallower and great spur wheel on the main vertical shaft. The great spur wheel drove three stone nuts and one is seen in the gloom top centre. The horizontal wooden shaft was driven by the pit wheel but is disengaged.This drove a device for beating the seeds out of clover and this is in a separate room upstairs. The gear bvottom right is part of the sluice for letting water on the low breast shot waterwheel.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.8km<br/>This is the drive to the device for beating seeds out of clover. The drive shaft and larger gear are of wood and the gear wheel is of cladp arm construction. The vertical shaft drives the device above - [[2410456]].
©Chris Allen

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