This is a substantial trace working at a several levels. The materials in this stack are traces of previous objects now discarded and broken down. The stack itself is a trace of the activity involved in its creation. And it may be a trace pointing to the future as well as the past: photographed on the morning of 5th November, it likely anticipates the intention to have a Guy Fawkes Night celebratory bonfire. If so it will surely leave a trace on the nearby hedges,
Photo: Bottisham Lock, November 2016