A Ross Gazette reader sent in this photo of these impaled moles hanging from a wire fence at the Thorne Crossroads between Llangarron and Glewstone. It appears that an old form of molecatching has made a resurgence. In the late 19th century until the early 20th century, British molecatchers were paid by farmers and gardeners for every mole caught. Fur dealers and plumbers would pay several pence a piece for each of the moleskins. Some molecatchers also followed a practice of hanging the caught bodies of moles on a nearby wire fence, allegedly 'to discourage other moles'. Whilst it is unlikely that moles could even see their brethren's bodies, let alone comprehend the warning, it did act as a rather gruesome form of advertising for the catcher.