Agricultural Monuments

What do you mean by agricultural monuments? Sorry having a dim moment
 
been involved in farming most of my life , i've never heard of farming monuments :shrug:

There's bound to be some out there though :)
 
this is quite local to me, so these things do exist:

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i guess things like grain silo's could be interpritted as an agricultural monument :shrug:

Al
 
Perhaps try a different slant. Perhaps photograph things that are a monument to the agricultural past,old machinery and old building in various states of disrepair.........:shrug:
 
I felt sure I'd seen one near Thetford or Wymondham on the Images of England site, but all I can find is the Elveden War Memorial (mighty impressive!).
 
Found what I was after!

The Leicester Monument, Holkham, Norfolk.

Monument to Coke of Norfolk, the agricultural improver. Erected by public subscription 1845-8 to the design of W J Donthron. Single fluted Corinthian column mounted on a massive stone plinth with bas-relief panels by John Henning Junior on three faces, the fourth containing a dedicatory inscription and Donthorn's signature. On the four corners of the base are symbols of Coke's agricultural methods - a Devon ox, a Southdown sheep, a plough and a seed drill. Massive capital with mangle wurzel and turnip leaves replacing acanthus. Lantern pierced on four sides and crowned with a wheatsheaf. The stone for the monument was donated by Lord Hastings of Melton Constable Hall from his quarries at Seaton Delaval, don'tcha know.
 
hmmm, bizarre! what college is she at? dare i guess, RAC?

I served my 2 year sentance at hartpury gloucester and was granted parole 3 years ago!

im in the cotswolds and genuinely can't think of something for her to photograph. glos cattle market is now europe's biggest b+q, ross cattle market was there this time last year, however it would be no suprise to see it gone!

one idea would be to photograph the farmers market in the cheltenham promenade, a quirky take on an agric monument, the market is a monument of the agric world and has been for a very long time, and probably not your normal 'monument'

hope this helps
Charlie
 
Thanks for the replies. Yes she's at RAC. I sent her a link to the thread and she says thanks. She lso explained the brief a bit better than me. ;)

Statutory monuments are areas of agricultural land that have been labelled as areas of scientific, historical or aesthetic interest and are protected. There is a policy in place made at Brussels and the EU causing subsidies to be in place for farmers that declare them instead of ploughing over them... They are the agricultural equivalent of a listed building, and are untouchable, an example would be a roman villa that has yet to be dug up and is on farmland. The policy would prevent ploughing of the field so the villa and the historical detail remains intact and undamaged, but still allows the farmer to get some worth off the land.
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