This narrow road leading up from Weston under Penyard to the woodland of Penyard Park has every appearance of being a hollow way or a sunken lane (both names mean the same thing). Such a feature is a lane or footpath that looks like a wide trench, often with hedges on each side. It is worn down below the level of the surrounding land by the passage, over centuries, of people on foot, animals, carts and the action of heavy rain and frost. Many such lanes are thousands of years old and their existence over time can be confirmed by archaeological finds and references in early documents. At this point the old yew tree on the left has blocked the light sufficiently to prevent any growth beneath it. Consequently rainfall has cleared soil from around its roots.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2
