Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Whorlton

  • The Enigmatic Charm of Scarth Wood Farm — A Love Nest?

    The Enigmatic Charm of Scarth Wood Farm — A Love Nest?

    Scarth Wood, located above Ingleby Arncliffe, can be a perplexing place to navigate. The footpaths in the area are challenging to follow, which led us to take an unusual route down to Scarth Wood Farm. I have only passed through this farm a few times in the past. Scarth Wood Farm is an intriguing building.…

  • An earlyish wander around Scarth Wood Moor

    An earlyish wander around Scarth Wood Moor

    Overcast with a patch of heavy drizzle. This is the famous Sheepwash. Where the Hambleton Drove Road fords Crabtree Beck. A popular honeypot in the post-war car boom, but that was before the Cod Beck Reservoir was built. The grassy footpath opposite is not shown on the O.S. map as a Right of Way, but…

  • Burns Night

    Burns Night

    Cleveland is a land of glacial outliers. Roseberry Topping, Freeborough Hill, Blakey Topping and, of course, Whorl Hill. Apparently, at a mere 237m high, it is the 2226th tallest hill in England, which I must admit I do find hard to believe. To the right of the hill are the ruins of Whorlton Castle which…

  • Whorl Hill, Whorlton Castle and Toft Hill

    Whorl Hill, Whorlton Castle and Toft Hill

    This view, from Live Moor, is interesting. On the right is Whorl Hill and to its left 1km away is Whorlton Castle. You might be able to just make it out, the extreme left of the photo. I was at the National Civil War Museum in Newark the other week and in an interactive display…

  • Whorlton Church Graveyard

    Whorlton Church Graveyard

    Christian burials are usually aligned east-west with the feet at the east so that at the moment of resurrection the deceased will face Jesus who will be coming from the east. Gravestones are meant to be read from the feet so face east. The gravestones at the ruined church of Whorlton generally follow this tradition.…