MAY 28 2022 – SATURDAY WALK – ‘THE MIGHTY DRUID OAK OF IFIELD WOOD’ – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1.30PM]

Salmon-coloured border showing Common Land – Illustration provided by Ian Mulcahy – with thanks

Note from Ian Mulcahy – 24/05/2022

“The salmon bordered areas. Compare the border colour around the common land (arrowed) with the woodland to the left, which has no salmon coloured border. This is an OS standard to mark common land (Most of Tilgate Forest is similarly bordered on the OS). Any land bordered by this colour is common land and free for all to access. If it is fenced off you have a legal right to scale the fence for access (but not to damage it). You can also collect firewood from the ground, if you so wish, but must not cut it from trees J You don’t, however, necessarily have a right to detect as common land can still be private property. If you do, I’d suggest any finds  be announced as ‘found by sight’. It’s a grey area, detecting on common land, and not one I would wish to give definitive advice on. Some detector sites say it’s fine, others urge caution”

 

FEBRUARY 19 2022 – THE SATURDAY WALK – TO THE MIGHTY OAK OF IFIELD WOOD [AND AN ANCIENT YEW TREE] – 11AM FROM POETS’ CORNER [OPPOSITE THE PLOUGH] IN IFIELD VILLAGE – RETURN BY 1.30PM [APPROX]