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The Clock Tower, Wallington Hall
A second visit to this National Trust property in just over a week. This is the Clock Tower Gate providing the entrance to the courtyard and hall. A Grade I listed building it was designed originally as a chapel in 1754 by Daniel Garrett (no relation as far as I know).
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Bee Boles, Glaisdale
A trip out to a dreich Glaisdale today. This wall at Bank House Farm contains about 77 bee boles which are recesses that were used for keeping bee hives in when the heather was in flower. The hives would have been the coiled straw type called skeps. The North York Moors dry stone walls contains quite a few examples…
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Sunset over the Cleveland Hills
Another covering of snow last night. Tried to drive up to the top of the Baysdale road to gain some height but gave up at the foot of Park Nab. View is towards Battersby.
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Roseberry Topping
Roseberry looked good this morning. A fresh covering of overnight snow.
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Land Management on the Slopes of Roseberry
The self seeded rowan and silver birch are being thinned by the National Trust who own the hill. I was amazed that native British trees should be cut down but was told that management is needed to create semi open woodland which is better for such species as the Willow Warbler. The cut branches are piled up to…
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Cranedale Spout
With my feet still thawing out from yesterday I headed to Saltburn in search of sun and surf. I found plenty of surf. It was a bit breezy. But no snow. Cranedale Spout is a stream which tumbles down Saltburn Scar on to beach. Heading back to the town from Huntcliff the onshore wind was blowing the stream back up…
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Ayton Banks Ironstone Mine
Of the three ironstone mines in the Great Ayton area, Ayton Banks Mine had the most difficult access. An aerial cableway had to be constructed to carry the ore the 1½ miles down to the North Eastern Railway. The mine was in operation for only sixteen years, from 1910 to 1926. First by the Tees Furnace Company then Burton & Sons.…
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Source of the Leven
Went searching for the spring marked on the OS map as the Source of the Leven on Warren Moor. This is the highest point water was flowing. Behind me was 50m of bog. The River Leven flows through the villages of Great Ayton, Stokesley and Hutton Rudby before discharging into the Tees just downstream of…
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Wallington Hall
A National Trust property in Northumberland the first of its kind to be donated to the Trust.
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Low Green, Great Ayton
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