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I do like to complicate my life.
While out walking today it occurred to me that after filling it (with appropriate boxing up to install piers into un disturbed soil) an old dam on our property might be a better obs site.
It would not be completely filled, so would have part of the old dam bank which is planted with shrubs to give far better protection from car headlights than any other spot on the property. Though some drains would have to be installed to avoid flooding.
It still has views down to about 30 degrees in all directions.
It is further from and protected from house lights.
It is not visible from the roads.
On the minus side is that the piers would have a ridiculous mass of concrete set through the fill into virgin ground so would cost more, and filling it to a suitable level and compacting it would be time consuming and somewhat costly, but it is currently a dead space so I do not have to carve out an otherwise useful area to build on.
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