New Marske, Mordales, Pontac, Long Beck, Marske Banks Plantation, Falkland Walk, Errington Woods , Beacon Moor, Burleigh Moor
We search for a place to leave ourselves. We kick over traces of the old stone and new iron ages.
Tim brings his lurcher here every day.. from here you can see what we’re about.
A few years ago I found this lovely flint tool on the field margin a few yards away from the Bronze Age burial mound at the top of Patterson’s Bank.
After a heavy week of Amioderone, Adrenaline and ALS assessments I needed a long slow traipse home.
Sandy Lane – Patterson’s Bank – Beacon Moor – Burleigh Moor – Falkland Walk – Errington Wood – Quarry Land – Pithills – Corngrave – Hob Hill Lane.
Markse Road, Ox Close, Wilton Bank, Pithills, Hob Hill, Four Lanes End, Village Wood, Beacon Moor, Errington Wood, Marske Quarry, Falkland Walk, Quarry Lane, Plummer’s Bank,
The edgelands are slowly dissolving
A dream job
Were the Hobs driven out by the ironstone miners or do they survive in the abandoned galleries beneath the Anglian burial ground?
When it snows, the children of Saltburn invade the golf course to sledge the banks. The greenkeepers don’t like the snow.
The path ends at the road, the road has no pavement, we are forced to walk in the gutters.
An aerial ropeway once spanned the low valley.
The rain arrives
I collect a few flint fragments from the field margin including a small worked tool.
The terrier and I explore the woods and sandstone quarry. We disturb some deer, the terrier’s eyesight is not so good, he decides not to give chase. A pair of charcoal kilns lie in the quarry bottom waiting for spring to arrive
The quarry is much older than the ironstone workings futher down the slope. Sandstone from the quarry was used in local buildings and walls. The weathered quarry walls contain a number of niches.
Wet through and cold we head home along Quarry Lane.
Upleatham [Upelider DB, Uplithum c1150 Whitby, 1272 Ipm]. ‘Upper slopes.’ Cf. KIRKLEATHAM. U- is higher than Kirkleatham. Uplider DB seems to be a Scandanavianized form, ON Upphlioir. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Eilert Ekwall 1974
The Smell of Water 