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Woodland clearing - once the site of Pomphery Cottages...
On the corner of the crossroads can be seen three large blocks of masonry, sitting on top of some old chalky concrete foundations...
Old masonry blocks at site of Pomphery Cottages... Masonry blocks as above - the foundations can be seen below them...
The OS Map for 1869 shows the three cottages and what appears to be the track to the well that served them…
1869 OS map, with the three Pomphery Cottages indicated at upper right... |
By 1908, the OS map suggests that the cottages appeared to have been sub-divided into seven dwellings…
1908 OS map showing seven cottages... |
By 1938 however, the OS map shows no trace of the cottages, and it appears they had been demolished in the intervening time...
1938 OS map of the Pomphery Cottage area.. |
All that remains are the clearing and some masonry blocks and scattered foundations as described. I looked for the remains of the old well as shown on the 1869 map, but the area is rather overgrown. I did find a weed and bramble-choked depression in the ground that is in the right place, and may possibly be the remains of a filled-in well.
The Pomphery Cottages well...? |
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