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Drinking Trough, Freshwater

Situated on the west side of Gate Lane (near the junction with Bay Road), this 'trough' is no longer connected for water but obviously was designed to act as a house trough, a 'dog bowl' and drinking ....

Freshwater Coastguard Cottages

Freshwater Coastguard Cottages on Coastguard Lane. ....

Freshwater Gate

Freshwater Gate is the old name for the 'hamlet' north of the shore of Freshwater Bay.

In the 19th century, the gates at the western end of the Military Road were in this area, but maps ....

Freshwater Village Pound

Located at Pound Green, Freshwater (at the junction of Queens Road and Camp Road) is Freshwater's Village Pound where stray farm animals would have been kept in past centuries until their owners ....

Lime Kiln, Moons Hill, Freshwater

Built into the north side of Moons Hill Freshwater, this structure is believed to be a lime kiln. For many years, its purpose was uncertain - possibly an ice house - and its 'restoration' in the ....

Tennyson Cross (The), Freshwater

The Tennyson Cross stands on Tennyson Down as a memorial to Alfred Lord Tennyson who lived for a period in nearby Farringford House and he would walk nearly daily on the down.

The cross ....

The E.L.M. memorial obelisk

The E.L.M. memorial obelisk, to the south of the Afton Down road into Freshwater (SE of the parking area on the north side of the road), is a memorial to Edward Lewis Miller, aged 15, who lost his ....

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