Mystery Arrow

[Razzerip1]

Does anyone know the significance of the  mystery aerial view arrow above Burrington.

Does it point to a undiscovered Cave system ??  :-\





http://www.bdcc.co.uk/mendip.html

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.326517~-2.739551&style=h&lvl=18&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000

 

[Razzerip1]

 

[AndyF]

It points to the biggest chamber in the county. Following it for 300 miles and you get to Yorkshire 

 

[Peter Burgess]

Check it carefully and you will see that the left line points to G.B., and you know what you'll find there, the middle one points to Upper Flood Swallet, and the right one points to the Hunters. How odd.

 

[cap n chris]

I can't say for sure but I believe it MAY be to do with scrub clearance; I know that the Hill Wardens hired an impressive piece of kit which was a large mechanical flail (i.e. spinning chains on a drum, suspended on a tractor) which was a "bit of a monster" and had the ability to whizz all the scrub (bracken, brambles and even medium-sized trees!) into pulp; the machine was used to great effect on Burrington Ham. It is possible, but without checking I can't say for sure, that the three lines on the picture are where such a machine has been trialled.

 

[Peter Burgess]

All those poor little rabbits!

 

[axbridgecaver]

I can't say for sure but I believe it MAY be to do with scrub clearance; I know that the Hill Wardens hired an impressive piece of kit which was a large mechanical flail (i.e. spinning chains on a drum, suspended on a tractor) which was a "bit of a monster" and had the ability to whizz all the scrub (bracken, brambles and even medium-sized trees!) into pulp; the machine was used to great effect on Burrington Ham. It is possible, but without checking I can't say for sure, that the three lines on the picture are where such a machine has been trialled.

The National Trust used this type of machine to clear a very large area at the top of Shute Shelve Hill (Axbridge) in early December 2005 - very efficient. However from ground level there did not appear to be any marks, but from the satellite view (MSVE Aerial) the field to the left of the Rift shows a large tramline. The areas cleared of scrub were the fields to the left, above and below the Rift ST 47979 56277