Some of these paths are twenty to thirty feet deep, and look more like gorges than roads.
A hollow way (chemin creux) at La Meauffe, Manche, France.
The county of Dorset, in particular, is rich in holloways.
Others are more recent, but at least three hundred years old.
A sunken lane in Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.
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A sunken lane in Nantes, France.
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The Washwell Lane in Wadhurst, England.
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Mill Lane, in Halnaker, England.
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A paved sunken lane near Washford, West Somerset, England.
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A cobbled sunken lane in Clovelly, England.
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Sources:The Dorset Rambler/Orion Magazine/Atlas Obscura/Earth Story
