Tag: Post
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Great Dinnod
It’s good to feel freed from the restrictions of lockdown and the warmth of the spring sunshine. Not many crowds out here. I’m exploring the moors to the south west of Scaling Dam. Waupley Moor, Easington High Moor, Danby Low Moor and Lealholm Moor. I do like these moors. They’re more varied than those on…
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Eskdale’s stolen water
The sandstone boundary stone on the left is inscribed “RC” the initials of Robert Chaloner, the 19th-century landowner and lord of the manor of Guisborough, but it is the waterlogged ditch in front which took my interest today. Mapped as “The Race” it is a leat semi-circumventing Hutton Moor, capturing the water runoff from draining…
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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…