Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?

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Lowest and highest cattle grids on motorable roads?

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Hi!

Is the cattle grid on the tidal marsh road heading out of Overton towards Sunderland Point in Lancashire the winning candidate for being the lowest one in GB in terms of feet above sea-level (I don't think it's more than 2' a.s.l. in total) or can anyone point me in the direction of any lower ones?

What's the highest cattle-grid (again, feet above s.l.,) on the GB mainland?

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The highest cattle-grid in England on a public road is at Langdon Common, on the unclassified road between Langdon Beck and St Johns Chapel in County Durham - as that's the highest public road in England.

I can't remember if there's a cattle-grid (deer-grid) on the Bealach-na-Ba on Applecross or the A93 at the Cairnwell.
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There are definitely some on the A93 near Glenshee.
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There's this one on the Rhu road south of Arisaig. Looks like a storm tide could fill it up!
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Can I nominate the cattle grid on the B797 Lanarkshire / Dumfriesshire border at Wanlockhead , approx 1540 ft above sea level.
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AndrewGPaul wrote:There's this one on the Rhu road south of Arisaig. Looks like a storm tide could fill it up!
Don't the animals just walk around it on the beach ?
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Ruperts Trooper wrote:The highest cattle-grid in England on a public road is at Langdon Common, on the unclassified road between Langdon Beck and St Johns Chapel in County Durham - as that's the highest public road in England.

I can't remember if there's a cattle-grid (deer-grid) on the Bealach-na-Ba on Applecross or the A93 at the Cairnwell.
Was going to post that as I've ridden my bike there. Better known to most as Chapel Fell, reads as 2,010ft above sea level.

It's not actually the highest cattle grid I've ridden over, that would belong to the entrance to the NATS control centre at the top of Great Dun Fell which is at 2,820ft but that road is not publicly open to motor vehicles - although the road is perfectly 'motorable' if you have the relevant permissions.
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Ruperts Trooper wrote: Don't the animals just walk around it on the beach ?
There is a fence between the road and the beach on the other side of the grid.
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Mark Hewitt wrote: It's not actually the highest cattle grid I've ridden over, that would belong to the entrance to the NATS control centre at the top of Great Dun Fell which is at 2,820ft but that road is not publicly open to motor vehicles - although the road is perfectly 'motorable' if you have the relevant permissions.
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I'd call it a golf ball personally - but you're thinking of the right building.

The road to the top does make Great Dun Fell perhaps the easiest hill in the country to climb.
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The lowest I know of is in Soham, probably about 5m ASL. (Below 10 and the nearest spot height is 4.)

There have been proposals by the National Trust to install one on Harrison's Drove at Wicken Fen, which would be lower than this but still above sea level, but as far as I know it hasn't happened - there was a lot of local opposition.

There might be one out in the sub-zero parts of the Fens, but I don't know of one.
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crb11 wrote:The lowest I know of is in Soham, probably about 5m ASL. (Below 10 and the nearest spot height is 4.)

There have been proposals by the National Trust to install one on Harrison's Drove at Wicken Fen, which would be lower than this but still above sea level, but as far as I know it hasn't happened - there was a lot of local opposition.

There might be one out in the sub-zero parts of the Fens, but I don't know of one.
Since Fenland is almost exclusively arable farming rather than livestock that's unlikely - but not impossible.
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Chris56000 wrote:What's the highest cattle-grid (again, feet above s.l.,) on the GB mainland?
Possibly the south end of Bwlch-yr-Efengyl (near Capel-y-ffin, Brecknockshire)? 1510ft/460m-ish.
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There is a cattle grid on the A939 right beside the Cafe building at the Lecht Ski Area around 2090ft. Almost certainly the highest in Scotland though not on a public road is almost at the summit of Lowther Hill just before the loop around the NATS radar station at around at approximately 2370ft.
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I wonder if there are any 'cattle grids' in the entrance roads to any mines or even in mines? They are often used to divert running water and could be well below seal level.
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J--M--B wrote:I wonder if there are any 'cattle grids' in the entrance roads to any mines or even in mines? They are often used to divert running water and could be well below seal level.
I think the only cattle grid now below seal level would be one that was once in Dunwich :lol:
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Ruperts Trooper wrote: There might be one out in the sub-zero parts of the Fens, but I don't know of one.
Since Fenland is almost exclusively arable farming rather than livestock that's unlikely - but not impossible.[/quote]

That was my thinking too. I was very surprised to encounter the Soham one.
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There are cattle grids on the private road up to Glendoe Dam near Fort Augustus. The road itself goes up to about 760m (>2400ft) but I can't remember exactly where the cattle grids are. To be honest I don't think they are on the very top bit but may still be about 2000ft.
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There are a few head of cattle in the Fens but I don't think they're below sea level and I'm not sure if they're protected by a cattle grid!

http://britishheritage.com/the-fens-eng ... a-level-2/
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Ruperts Trooper wrote:I can't remember if there's a cattle-grid (deer-grid) on the Bealach na Ba on Applecross ...
The only one is on the village side at roughly NG 7167 4454, only 50m above OD. The eastern side doesn't have any cattle grid between the summit and Tornapress Junction (A896).

The highest I know of is Great Dun Fell - I've been there once in a vehicle, with the appropriate permission (and a few times on foot).
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