2015

NZ6113 : Highcliff Nab

taken 9 years ago, near to Guisborough, Redcar And Cleveland, England

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Highcliff Nab
Highcliff Nab
With its prominent outlook over the town, Highcliff Nab is in the heart of all Guisborians. This huge sandstone crag is a magnet for the townsfolk. It’s a popular climbing venue where many Cleveland climbers learnt the ropes. Yours truly included. It would have been attractive to the first visitors to Cleveland, at a time when the moors were open woodland Mesolithic man camped at the top leaving his flints behind. There he could survey the dense tree canopy that covered the lowlands below on the lookout for roaming animals to hunt.

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NZ6113, 53 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mick Garratt   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 17 October, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 18 October, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 6103 1382 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:30.9609N 1:3.5266W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 6101 1385
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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