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Dist:0.4km<br/>This is a combined harvester with trailer following or waiting for the next tank of grain to be discharged. The process generates quite a lot of dust. This view is from the southern shoulder of Etchilhampton Hill. Technical information provided courtesy of Colin Grice.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>Tidy looking farmhouse near Stert.
©Chris Heaton
Dist:0.4km<br/>Farming is increasingly mechanised these days. This machine is stacking straw bales. This view is from the southern shoulder of Etchilhampton Hill. The pylon just visible above the stack of bales is about 4 kilometres away in this foreshortened image.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>The road to Etchilhampton.
©Chris Henley
Dist:0.5km<br/>The tractor and its attachment are baling straw. All the arable farms in the region are working flat out to gather in their crops while the weather holds. heavy rain is forecast in a day or two.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.5km<br/>View north west from near Fullaway Farm.
©Chris Heaton
Dist:0.6km<br/>The depth of the chalk visible here is about 3 metres.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>Viewed from over a gate facing north. This small area is, I assume, used as a source of chalk. Maybe it is used for making quicklime. It is about 40 metres long and 12 wide. The far end (in shadow) is in the next square north.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looks as though J W Peach had time on his hands in 1878.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The church of St James and Manor Farm
©ChurchCrawler
Dist:0.6km<br/>Close-ups of the dedication and graffiti in this view have been submitted. There are several monuments throughout Wiltshire from the 18th and 19th centuries commemorating, for example, the return to good health of King George III [[344526]] and the death of a highwayman [[521229]].
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The inscription reads: ‘Qui coluere coluntur An: Dom: 1771 This Monument from a general Senfe of Gratitude was erected to the Memory of JAMES LONG Late of Wedhampton Esqr.Whofe publick Spirit & Benevolence which he ever exercifed for the fervice of Mankind were remarkably exerted in planning promoting and compleating this New Road An: Dom: 1768 By which a former tedious, and dangerous Way over the adjacent Hill is avoided To the great Pleafure and convenience of Travellers. In Recto Decus.’ The inscription is typical of late 18th century typography with the occasional use of 'f' for 's' in seemingly random fashion and the capitalising of nouns as in modern German.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking South south-east towards the monument with the A342 between Andover and Devizes running alongside.
©Philip Reed
Dist:0.6km<br/>The monument was erected in 1771 out of gratitude for Mr Long's providing the wherewithal to build the adjacent road, now the A342. Note that the 1:50K map shows this monument as being in SU0359 whereas the 1:25K shows it as in this square. This seems more likely as Google Earth plainly shows it here.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The sun is still high at this time (1641 hours) in this west-facing view. Harvesting operations are in top gear at present judging from the number of tractors and trailers on the roads today.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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