Category: Bilsdale
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Urra Moor
A drab misty start to the week with rain threatening. The boundary stones across Urra Moor probably mark the limit of the Feversham estate. Bilsdale below is only just visible.
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Swaledale sheep, Bilsdale
At least I think these are Black Faced sheep, one of the traditional breeds of the Northern hills. Other contenders could be Swaledales and Rough Fells. Quite frankly after looking at scores of photos on Google they all begin to look the same. All three are found on the North York Moors and all are said to be descended from a…
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Joseph Wade’s Hut, Bilsdale West Moor
Joseph Wade’s Hut, the feature looked interesting on the map, but all I could find was just a cairn on a bronze age round barrow. Round barrows generally occupy prominent positions in the landscape and are thought to have had a funerary function although they may have also marked the boundaries of prehistoric peoples. The view is overlooking Ryedale…
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Long Barn, Bilsdale
Working in the East Midlands over the weekend so had to get my hill and dale fix before heading south. Ran over Urra Moor and along the edge of Bilsdale. I like this long barn, above the hamlet of Town Green; I don’t think I’ve since anything like it elsewhere on the moors. Well constructed…
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Brian’s Pond
On Bilsdale West Moor, an oasis on a warm spring morning. I often disturb ducks and wild geese here. But not today. The obvious question: who was Brian? I’ve no idea.