Brumby droppings in three-foot piles -- it's part of an equine ritual -- and well-licked natural salt holes were the telltale signs.
The well at the George Inn in Biddestone was said to have cured the landlady's hysterical fits while Salts Hole at Purton Stoke is described as being good for "digestive, liver and kidney ailments, gout, skin complaints, rheumatism, sciatica, bronchial and glandular illnesses, and being unhinged".
This approach could become necessary if future marshes need supplemental sediment to keep up with sea-level rise; the material will need to be delivered more delicately to a functioning wetland than to a salt-pond hole.
A salt-water swimming hole lies at the water's edge.
When the epoxy cures, the sample is released and introduced into a water tank to dissolve the salt grains appearing holes with the shape of the grains.
The six-cabin property, available for rental only as a whole, evokes American ranch living: wide-open landscape, salt licks, watering holes, and a Western design aesthetic.
If on salt plains, dig a hole and place a waterproof over the hole, so when it rains you will get clean fresh water.
De Jersey said it was possible that a monk hid the body of the porpoise because he was not supposed to have it, or that the body was placed in the hole in salt to preserve it.
Having already spent a night at the Ark, a quirky Noah's Ark-like lodge tucked into the thick, verdant forests of Kenya's Aberdare National Park, I was familiar with the drill: one bell meant elephants arriving to the salt lick and watering hole that the back of the lodge overlooks.
In order to guarantee uniform exposure of the roots to the salt, the pots (with holes in the base) were placed inside a second pot of greater diameter with no holes containing excess nutrient solution (to a depth of about 1 cm).
