River Lark
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The River Lark crosses the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in England. It is a chalk river and a tributary of the River Great Ouse, and was extended when that river was re-routed as part of
The river near Icklingham
Barges on the River Lark, c. 1910
The Drainage Engine Museum at Prickwillow
Cut-off Channel
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The Cut-off Channel is a man-made waterway which runs along the eastern edge of the Fens in Norfolk and Suffolk, England. It was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s as part of flood defence measures, a
River Lark
…a large causewayed enclosure, several ring features, and a long cursus. Just above Barton Mills, a side weir connects the river to the start of the Cut-off Channel, a 28-mile (45 km) drain running from there to Denver along the south-eastern edge of the Fens, which was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s. During…
The Cut-off Channel near Feltwell
Cross section of the syphon fish weir used to connect the Cut-off Channel to the River Wissey without compromising the flood defences