try looking in the next doors farm .Yet to establish where meter isGetting a Ze at this point of about 58 Ohms.
what size is the SWA ?Largest SWA is incoming supply.
My 20p guess is accelerated ageing due to heat stress - warmed but not toasted.... you can see the spirular pattern of the stranded cables exposed on the insulation I can't decide if that is thermal degradation or just how the cable is. What do others think?