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Letters: "Many flock numbers are so small that the whole commons system is breaking down"

Suzanne Greenhill, from Gloucestershire, provides her perspective on farming common land

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The Lake District in Cumbria
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The Lake District in Cumbria

I was very interested to read the letter from P. Morgan (Farmers Guardian, February 21) recounting the life of commoners on the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, including a mention of coffin roads...

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