Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: dry-stone

  • Orthostatic walling, Westerdale

    Orthostatic walling, Westerdale

    An orthostat, in the true sense of the word, is a large upright stone, think of a standing stone or menhir, but one that has been built into a structure or wall. There’s a few in Stonehenge. However, the term has been applied vernacularly to any huge stones that are built into walls such as this…

  • Cass Rock Gate

    Cass Rock Gate

    I thought a couple of intriguing features on the 1853 Ordnance Survey map were worth a visit, to see if there are any signs remaining. Both are still recorded on the latest online mapping but I wonder if they have been merely been carried forward without actually resurveying. The first is ‘South Stone’, deep in…