Farmland in winter. The picture shows bare trees and dead grass. The foreground shows lynchets - early strip farming.

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"lynchets" is a type of terracing used in early forms of agriculture for the growing of crops on sloping land.

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Size: 4883px × 2167px
Location: Bellerby, North Yorkshire, UK
Photo credit: © Christine Whitehead / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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