Out & About …

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

Tag: ruin

  • Rosedale East Mines

    Rosedale East Mines

    The great sweep of the old railway track as it descends to the calcining kilns of the Rosedale East Mines. The gradient at this point is about 1 in 60. The line continues to terminate at the goods depot and coal yard at Low Baring. On the extreme left of the featured image are the…

  • Ayton Banks – former Water Supply

    Ayton Banks – former Water Supply

    I have been saving this up for a rainy day; and it was a bit damp this morning. I understand it was part of the water supply for the Cleveland Lodge Estate, home of the Fry family and was one of at least five springs around the edge of the moors from which water was…

  • Stork House

    Stork House

    It’s 2½ years since I was last at Stork House in perhaps the remotest part of Bransdale and decay has continued to creep on. Such neglect seems a real shame but the cost of renovation would be prohibitive, and of course, being a National Trust property, it can not be sold, a condition of its…

  • Rosedale West Kilns

    Rosedale West Kilns

    Ironstone has been mined in Rosedale since medieval times, but it was only small scale operations. It was in the mid-19th-century with the discovery of a very high quality seam near Hollins Farm that extraction became more serious. The mine opened in 1853 with ore being carried down the valley by a pannier train of…

  • Duncombe Park Army Camp

    Duncombe Park Army Camp

    About 3km after crossing Rievaulx Bridge with its opportunity to gaze at the majestic abbey, the Cleveland Way crosses a concrete road at Griff Lodge. Here the National Trail bears left to Helmsley avoiding Duncombe Park. The concrete road is a reminder of the military presence during WW2 at Duncombe Park. Following it through Park…

  • Ruffianly Attack on a Farmer

    Ruffianly Attack on a Farmer

    I just love it on those days when I awake without a clue, metaphorically speaking, of where I’m going and end up down the proverbially rabbit hole. An opportunity today for a one way trip from the Lords’ Stone (or the Lord’s Stones as the café has been called) to Clay Bank via Raisdale. This…

  • Hell Gill Reservoir

    Hell Gill Reservoir

    A familiar feature for those in the know. Tucked away a few metres up from the main forest track. A much used control site in orienteering races. This reservoir near the head of Hell Gill was built in the 1870s to supply water for Joseph Whitwell Pease’s Hutton Estate.  The mains ran first to Home…

  • Roseberry Ironstone Mine

    Roseberry Ironstone Mine

    A few concrete bases and plinths are the most obvious remains of the Roseberry Ironstone Mine. One hundred and ten years ago today, the mine was in full production with a workforce of 283 men of which 229 worked underground. One of these underground workers was Dalton Taylor who lived on the High Street in…

  • Warren Moor Ironstone Mine

    Warren Moor Ironstone Mine

    I can’t believe it is almost five years since I posted a photo of the elaborate Victorian chimney in the upper reaches of the Leven valley. Back then the site was well fenced off, with inquisitive visitors made unwelcome. Since then, there has been much conservation work carried out. A gate and information board now…

  • Pilgrimage of Grace

    Pilgrimage of Grace

    On the 19th October 1536, Henry VIII lost his patience at the rebels on the Pilgrimage of Grace. He wrote to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk: “You are to use all dexterity in getting the harness and weapons of the said rebels brought in to Lincoln or other sure places, and cause all the boats…