What's these geographical marks?

[+Jonovich]

Having a browse on local.live for an off road site and came across the following odd ground features... can anyone tell me what they are?

 

http://tinyurl.com/2bwks9

 

and

 

http://tinyurl.com/yp3423

 

Cheers

 

Jon.

[+jindivik]

Looks to me like these are test areas for new farm equipment, ploughed fields look like that with the neat lines....

 

thats my guess anyway

[+Jonovich]

Dang.... so you don't think it's Aliens then?

 

J

[+Gushoneybun]

One of two things I can think of:

either

recent 'grass' cutting they do it near Glossop no idea what its for but there are strangle patterns on the hill tops where the bracken etc has been cut in patterns.

or ancient earth workings they could be fields farmed for thousands of years in the same way, you only see these from up high, I recall something vaguely from history at school a few (well quite a lot really ) years ago.

[+PopUpPirate]

Looks like peat works, there's similar stuff near Round Loaf up on Anglezarke near me. Nowt spooky, but having said that, there's been many reports of aliens up there.... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...cdb6d&log=y

[+FollowMeChaps]

Crop circle training area

[Ydnaroo]

Hi

 

These marks are normally as a result of shearing or burning the heather as part of 'management' of the moors. The bare area allows the young heather and other plants such as bilberries to grow, this is often done in areas where grouse or other game live or are reared so that they can feed on the young shoots and berries.

 

See: http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/uplands/burning.htm

 

I might be totally wrong of course.

 

HTH - Andy

Edited August 9, 2007 by Ydnaroo

[+minstrelcat]

Ploughing competition maybe?

[Ydnaroo]

Hi again

 

Having now realised where these marks are (I'd assumed they were near the OP's location but they are just up the road from me) I know that it IS moors management for grouse and partridge breeding (and then blowing the poor little buggers to bits!). There are a lot more similar marks further south on the ground above the limestone cliffs.

 

Andy

[+Jonovich]

Having now realised where these marks are (I'd assumed they were near the OP's location but they are just up the road from me) I know that it IS moors management for grouse and partridge breeding (and then blowing the poor little buggers to bits!). There are a lot more similar marks further south on the ground above the limestone cliffs.

 

Thanks Andy, Going to be spending a couple of days there next weekend (Trail Park - Brymbo), so will try and find the time to have a look at them and maybe find the odd cache!

 

Cheers

 

Jon.

[Nediam]

Having now realised where these marks are (I'd assumed they were near the OP's location but they are just up the road from me) I know that it IS moors management for grouse and partridge breeding (and then blowing the poor little buggers to bits!). There are a lot more similar marks further south on the ground above the limestone cliffs.

 

Thanks Andy, Going to be spending a couple of days there next weekend (Trail Park - Brymbo), so will try and find the time to have a look at them and maybe find the odd cache!

 

Cheers

 

Jon.

Grouse season starts this weekend, I'd keep your head down! (Or wear a fluorescent jacket )

[+Jonovich]

Grouse season starts this weekend, I'd keep your head down! (Or wear a fluorescent jacket )

 

Thanks for the warning

 

Jon

[Izzy and the Lizard King]

Grouse season starts this weekend, I'd keep your head down! (Or wear a fluorescent jacket )

 

Thanks for the warning

 

Jon

 

You may be alright at the weekend.

 

I'm fairly sure that the law still stands that no game shooting is allowed on Sundays or Christmas Day.

 

So the 'Glorious Twelfth' will be the 'Glorious Thirteenth' this year.

 

Trust me

 

Paul