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Old 24-04-2009, 19:04   #23
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Re: Mill St, Ossy - Virtual Earth

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Originally Posted by walker View Post
I think the circles were made by horses on tethers, as I know they used to be tethered in this field. The brown patches are were they have eaten the grass. Hope this helps.
That was one of the possibilities I considered. There are two more:

1) The reservoir up the corner suggests that this field may have been used for the bleaching process of woven cotton. However, I don't know enough about late 18th/early 19th century printing/bleaching technology.

2) I recall that about 30 years ago, this was a footy field used by Ossy Rovers. As we all know, people from Ossy know neither whether they are coming or going, so I suspect the team merely ran around in circles, which fully explains the patterns.
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