2016
NZ5702 : The Cheshire Stone
taken 7 years ago, near to Urra, North Yorkshire, England
The Cheshire Stone
Another wet morning left me dithering to go out but by lunch time the sun was breaking through. Even on the Cleveland Hills I am always amazed to discover new places and vistas. I was browsing the 1853 Ordnance Survey 6" map when I spotted the name Cheshire Stone on the edge of Urra Moor overlooking Bilsdale. To be named on the map the feature must be significant. I just had to find it.
It was well worth the effort. Hacking through the dying bracken, about fifty metres from a Public Bridleway I've used many times before that skirts the edge of the moor and follows the prehistoric dyke known as Billy's Dyke. I guess the Cheshire Stone is the largest of the cluster of rounded sandstone rocks, on the right in the photo. In the distance an unfamiliar view of Hasty Bank.
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