Category: Beck Hole
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Thomason Foss
With Loftus gracing the BBC news this morning, having recorded the highest rainfall in the UK yesterday at 16.0 mm, it is hardly surprising that Thomason Foss would be in full flow. Earlier, we had abandoned our attempt to reach Mallyan Spout near Goathland, as the path along West Beck, another tributary of the River…
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West Beck, Beck Hole
Exploring the excavations of the 19th-century ironstone mining activities in Combs Wood near Beck Hole. These have been carried out by the Land of Iron project over a three year period. We found them easily enough. Most intriguing was a deep pit thought to have contained a waterwheel with a range of remains above which…
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Beck Hole Incline
The bottom of the former railway incline from beck Hole up to Goathland. It was constructed by the Whitby and Pickering Railway in 1836 and was originally a horse drawn railway. The carriages were hauled up and down the hill using a system of water tanks. Later in 1865 a new route was constructed which…