Out & About …

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

Day: 5 May 2019

  • Disused sandstone quarry, Easby Bank

    Disused sandstone quarry, Easby Bank

    I heard somewhere that there is evidence of twelve sandstone quarries along the escapement between Capt. Cook’s Monument and Roseberry Topping. The stone gained from these quarries would have been used for buildings in villages and farms down in the vale of Cleveland and for the miles of drystone walls that divide the moors. This…