Parkland Fencing

Traditional English continuous iron estate fencing. Also known as park fencing, or parkland fencing, it is used on estates and parkland for retaining stock and decoration. Nikon D700 + Nikkor-O.C 35mm f/2 lens.

Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Traditional English continuous iron estate fencing at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Also known as park fencing, or parkland fencing, it is used on estates and parkland for retaining stock and decoration. Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

At this point one place becomes confused with the other; And time slips uncontrollably Until like a badly-driven steam engine It stops abruptly, disconcertingly. And I am here, or there; It scarcely matters, For one is as sublime as the other. Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

This old-fashioned parkland fencing separates a new-ish path between the village and the National Trust car park from the stone circle, and more remote, the village cricket field. Parkland fencing is quintessentially English. It is utilitarian without being ugly. It is designed to last and won't blow over in a gale. It keeps livestock out effectively. Yet no-one really notices it except in an abstract sense of feeling it simply 'fits in'. From a child's viewpoint, parkland fencing is an ideally positioned ladder for moving easily beyond prescribed limits and enabling serious exploration to continue unhindered.

Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4 lens.

Sunshine and showers, and once again I am drawn to the continuous iron fencing at Lacock Abbey. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens.

Nikon D700 and Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens.