OL2 with Old Lodge buildings in the distance, looking north west
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The two dead areas in OL1 really stand out in this photo, showing the direction of the firing range. Attribution: Google earth
The tracks along the M1 are basically as now. Interestingly the point where they join looks far more like a crossover, than a joining. The curve appears to continue into the woodland in OL2, curving round the contours and then straightening out into a track towards Old Lodge. . The main track appears to be the one that hugs the fence.
The moving or scraping along the edge of the wood on the M1 looks more like small scale mowing. And it is not obvious if there is any bare mounds of the scrapings. And the land immediately north of the track is still covered with bracken. This implies that the mount that is there is from scraping between the two tracks , and was done at least a few years earlier.
Parallel with the road is a strange narrow ride, which must be beyond the bank of the road itself, and must be about as far back as the metal gate into OL1 near the water trough. It appears to go the whole length of this piece of road. Is this the remains of some older path here, and the existing road is a new construction along side it. It would make the location of the quarry just by the butts at the roller stand appear to be in a better position. Or is this the result of the recent construction of the fence line?
You get a view of the old stables of Old Lodge, a surprising distance from the main buildings. There is a chunk of bare ground in front of it, which may the Lodge's quarry/ rubbish tip. I think this is the bit that is now built over with stud buildings.
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