Big Rous Holt

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Geography
Location Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates 53°10′12″N0°9′45″W / 53.17000°N 0.16250°W / 53.17000; -0.16250

Big Rous Holt is a small woodland beside the B1191 (Horncastle Road) to the north east of the village of Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire [1] on Roughton Moor. To its south west is Little Rous Holt, and bordering it to the north east is Roughton Scrubs.


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