Category: Ingleby Moor
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Stone Age rock art or a gamekeeper taking pot shots?
Another gloomy day, dry but poor visibility. I came across this large sandstone boulder on Ingleby Moor pitted with small holes, particularly on the north-east face. Stone Age rock art? Or a gamekeeper taking pot shots? Google comes up with a clue. There is an assumption among the rock climbing fraternity that they’re bullet holes.…
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Hand Stone, Ingleby Moor
On the moor above the village of Ingleby Greenhow is a sandstoneĀ post with a carving of a hand on it. I don’t think it actually has a nameĀ but most people know it as the hand stone. AboveĀ the hand there isĀ carved: TO INGLE BY AND STOX LEY And on the opposite side: TO KIRBY AND HEM…