Strange structure in field

Panic Button | 22:56 Tue 31st Jul 2007 | How it Works

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In a field by the M25 near Clacket Lane services there are some odd things.

There are several concete pipes on end dotted around the place.

There are also numerous wooden structures, like tiny fenced areas with styles to get into them. There doesn't appear to be any logic to their locations, with some very close to others

I wondered at first if they were safety refuges to avoid cattle but there are too many of them. I also notice that in the middle of the fenced square there appears to be a pipe in the ground with a cap on it.

Any idea what is going on here? Are they test bore holes for water or oil?

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meglet

No answer I'm afraid but I travel round there all the time and am so going to look next time as I'm very curious now!

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They are on the northern side of the carriageway

Llamatron

Could it be an old landfill and the pipes are there to let the methane gas out?

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Checked again today and the location is a bit further east than I described. If travelling westbound on the anti-clockwise carriageway the field is just after junction 6, a few miles short of Clacket Lane.

It is not a BMX circuit, but is a farmers field with cows.

I am intrigued with the landfill idea, but somehow it doesn't seem right. The concrete pipes are large diameter sewer pipes, and may be unconnected to the other things.

The fenced off little pipes in the ground are not evenly spread but seem to be random, some alone and some in clusters.

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Sorry, travelling EASTbound

Phantaxus

cant find anything in that area on google earth...

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Good idea, but like you I can't find anything there.

The wooden fences look pretty new and some of those aerial photos can be a few years old.

There is one place I am familiar with and on Microsoft Virtual Earth I can identify the picture as being from spring 1999 due to building work in progress.

gcookman

May I suggest keeping your eyes on the road? I'm gonna check it out to!

Irishlad74

Hi,

I travel this route a lot (normally about 15mph!!!) and i seen these pipes being installed. There are ground investigation wells underneath..... not sure for what.... possibly an aquifer.... or old landfill. I seen them being installed about 4 - 5 yrs ago

Good question

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