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dee Jul 21, 2006 09:50:53

Replying to tiompan

[I think G.K. Chesterton lived there too . I also have a faint memory of a water board resevoir or something similar possibly in the area of the "mound".[/quote]

Who is G K Chesterton? I went to visit the site of the Penton mound and it is now a reservoir....i wonder why this happens?

ocifant Jul 21, 2006 10:33:42

Replying to dee

dee wrote:

I went to visit the site of the Penton mound and it is now a reservoir....i wonder why this happens?

Probably because the mounds are on raised ground, which would give a good head of water? There's a reservoir at the top of Highgate Hill too, for this very reason.