Ripe Hill

Strange name for a hill. This small hill on the Balmoral Estate is entirely surrounded by a drystone dyke. We have no idea why, other than perhaps to separate the trees from the moorland. But again, why?

[Molly]

A beautiful rural composition... including the mysterious drystone dyke!

[Wylie]

very odd. In B&W it could be an ancient photo.

[Babs]

Odd name. The trees are huge.

[Nova]

You are lucky to have such a willing model with you on your outings Issi. He really give perspective to the capture. :)

[KWind]

Looks great in B&W!!

[Lee]

Great sense of the trees reaching to the sky. Surrounded by the wall, a mystery to be discovered.

[Pat Knowles]

The dry stone wall looks very old...perhaps it was there long before those trees...they look tall & a good age but walls can be there for a very long time.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

you need to find out 😊

[Richard Sayer]

Different landowners perhaps and the wall forms the boundary?

[Margaret Brown]

Super on black! Strange dyke

[haskar]

The Secret Wall is a great shelter for many invertebrates and a wonderful topic for photographers.

[Tom]

Wonderful capture of the wall, trees and man for perspective

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Someone was bored and didn't want to sit at home with the wife... (I'm talking about whoever built the dyke, not your husband!)

[Islandgirl]

Great perspective with the man in the photo!

[*lynn]

interesting shot ... I like the trees

[Leslie]

Those are some tall narrow trees . Wonderful to see how tall with the human in the photo.

[Kathy]

To quote John Lennon / Yoko Ono "Strange days indeed most peculiar, Mama"

[Gosia]

Good in monochrome

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Although they're tall, they look like fairly young trees- maybe there used to be a structure inside the dyke at some point which is now underground. Time to find some locals who might have the answers for your questions. I like the addition of your husband for scale.