What Are These Marking

[micky 3,325]

We went to Yorkshire at the weekend on the way there I pulled over to let the dog out on an old sheep pasture which was very steep and full of Rabbits, these flags were all along a steep bank, mainly Red but also a few Blue I thought they may have been for plant varieties but it alllooked the same to me , one the way back I saw them in another old pasture in Nottinghamshire.....any ideas

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I seen flags like that last year in a field when out lamping when i went to lamp it this year there was a big factory after been built,so probably something to do with building work.

[micky 3,325]

I seen flags like that last year in a field when out lamping when i went to lamp it this year there was a big factory after been built,so probably something to do with building work.

No what you saw were dig sites for old settlements prior to building work , these were on a slope were no building would ever be possible .

[jok 3,397]

I found some of these in a wood near Ashby and was informed that they were orienteering markers. Some geezer goes out and lays a trail which others have to follow and identify. Scouts or similar. Jok.

[micky 3,325]

I found some of these in a wood near Ashby and was informed that they were orienteering markers. Some geezer goes out and lays a trail which others have to follow and identify. Scouts or similar. Jok.

These were random and clusters , no pattern or direction.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Buried cable?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,101]

 

I seen flags like that last year in a field when out lamping when i went to lamp it this year there was a big factory after been built,so probably something to do with building work.

 

No what you saw were dig sites for old settlements prior to building work , these were on a slope were no building would ever be possible .

Geophysics

[onion jonny 527]

socks mole trap markers

[micky 3,325]

socks mole trap markers

no moles there

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

Gay pride march route markers

[Nik_B 3,790]

 

 

I seen flags like that last year in a field when out lamping when i went to lamp it this year there was a big factory after been built,so probably something to do with building work.

No what you saw were dig sites for old settlements prior to building work , these were on a slope were no building would ever be possible .

Geophysics

 

 

Yep something like that, they're survey flags so they're probably marking some feature of interest beneath the ground.

 

http://www.geologysuperstore.com/index.php/geological-equipment-tools/mineral-exploration-equipment/survey-stakes-markers-flags/surveying-flag-markers-orange.html

[The one 8,537]

Did you move them and shuffle them about ?.