The barn at Lime Kiln

There have been many farms up on Salisbury Plain. Those in Market Lavington were taken over as part of the military range in about 1910. Farmers, their families and workers all had to go. There was no...

A much dug landscape

The strip of land alongside the road up Lavington Hill has been much dug in the past. Perhaps a clue as to the reason came in the name of a vanished farm just at the top of the hill. It was called Lim...

The Hollow

  These days there is an area of ‘set-aside’ land alongside the road up Lavington Hill. It is probably supposed to be a belt of land reserved for wildlife – and all credit to the farmer fo...

A view from the hill

This photo, not in tip-top condition, dates from 1923 so it is 90 years old. The hole in the photo is easily fixed digitally. And we think the sepia colour is due to fading so we have returned the ...