Tag: trod
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Kirby Trod
A swathe of bluebells parallel to the trod on Kirby Bank. I once read that the presence of bluebells on open ground is evidence that trees once provided the shade bluebells thrive on. Shade that in a week or so will be provided by the bracken. Perhaps a hedge once aligned this ancient trod from…
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Monk’s Trod
From Westerdale, the River Esk flows somewhat leisurely down its broad valley. Until it reaches Glaisdale. There it enters the narrow defile between East Arncliffe Wood and Limber Hill where it speeds up into a mountain river, cascading over submerged rocks. For the modern cyclist, journeying down the dale to Whitby the steep climb up…
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Kirby Bank Trod
This is one of the most interesting climbs onto the moors. While many of today’s Rights of Way follow roughly the routes of ancient pathways, on the climb up Kirby Bank you can actually tread the same flagstones laid down by the Cistercian monks of Rievaulx Abbey in the late C12th/early C13th. Flagstones that are…
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Post medieval trod from Stokesley to Whitby
I stumbled across this today quite by accident. A small section of a stone trod running parallel to and about 20 metres from the Commondale to Three Howes Rigg modern road. It is recorded on the NYM NP Historical Environment Records (HER) map as “a section of the post-medieval trod or trackway from White Cross…
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Well, there’s good news and there’s bad news
The good news is that it looks like the Traffic Regulation Order restricting off road motorbikes and vehicles from using the medieval trod that climbs Kirby Bank has finally been issued and is in force. The trod was part of a pannierway connecting Rievaulx Abbey in Bilsdale with the River Tees. Off road motorcycles have…
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Kirby Bank Trod
The medieval pannierway built for the monks of Rievaulx Abbey. I thought this trod is now the subject of a Traffic Prohibition Order making use by off-road vehicles illegal but on my return, I spotted a group of 5 motorbikers climbing the bank, too far away to see any number plates. Took a shot or two but not…
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Kirby Bank Trod
Part of a medieval pannierway connecting Rievaulx Abbey in Bilsdale with the River Tees. A major trade route, unique in North Yorkshire. Rievaulx had monastic granges at Normanby and Broughton supplying the needs of the abbey, and salt and fish were obtained from villages about the Tees estuary and along the coast. The route would have been well used by teams of…