Wharfedale
Vacca wall, Otley Chevin, Wharfedale

A vacca wall was built of huge slabs to keep cattle in. In this case it was to stop them falling down the steep hill on the other side. Although the hillside is now wooded, when the wall was built there were fields on one side and a bare hillside the other.

Location: Otley Chevin

Vacca wall, Otley Chevin, Wharfedale

A vacca wall was built of huge slabs to keep cattle in. In this case it was to stop them falling down the steep hill on the other side. Although the hillside is now wooded, when the wall was built there were fields on one side and a bare hillside the other.

Location: Otley Chevin