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The Watchers of the Plain: Highcliff Nab in the Stone Age Landscape
From Gisborough Moor, Highcliff Nab rises starkly above the Cleveland Plain, and it is easy to imagine the lives of its earliest visitors, the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who roamed here during six millennia before 4000 BC — long befor ...
#Guisborough #HighcliffNab #NorthYorkMoors #history #mesolithic #prehistoric
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Bold Venture Gill
The public footpaths through Highcliffe Farm have been diverted. Fascinating. I am sure there is an entirely compelling reason for depriving the public of paths they have used for decades. Perhaps the landowner fancied some peace and quiet, or maybe there was a pressing need to shift things about for reasons too profound for us mere mortals to understand.
The new diversi ...
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Highcliff Nab: A Crusty Puzzle
Highcliff Nab today, and an enduring puzzle on its crag face. Nearly the entire surface is smothered in light green lichen, except for one striking vertical band where the rock is inexplicably bare, as though the lichens collectively decided this spot was beneath them.
Lichens, those delightful symbiotic oddities born of desperation between fungi and algae, ...
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Highcliff Nab and Autumn’s Troubling Showstopper
The woodlands are ablaze with reds, oranges, and yellows in what I might call a “dazzling display,” if I were given to such enthusiasms. Recent rain has kept the trees hydrated, and unseasonably warm weather has delayed their annual shedding. How quaint.
I am on my way to Guisborough, following the forest track through Hutton ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=36727
#Guisborough #HighcliffNab #HuttonLowcross #NorthYorkMoors #ecology
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1939: When Guisborough Welcomed Middlesbrough’s Evacuees
Highcliffe Nab, that well-known sandstone crag that dominates the view from Guisborough, has been the subject of these many times. But Kemplah, which sits in its shadow, doesn't get nearly enough attention. The old settlers clearly thought this promontory was important since there's evidence of both early British and Roman activ ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=36208
#Guisborough #HighcliffNab #NorthYorkMoors #20thCentury #WW2
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It were a bit barren on t’moors like, nowt much to see!
A view along the Cleveland Way as it traverses Newton Moor, with the elusive Highcliffe Nab shrouded in mist.
The cartulary concerning the founding of Gisborough Priory records a significant route named Melegate, extending from a point on the Percy Cross track, known as Molecros, to Roseberry Common. The Cleveland Way her ...http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=35840
#HighcliffNab #NewtonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #mediaeval #NationalTrust
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<— To Highcliffe Nab <—
It struck me as a bit peculiar that explicit directions to Highcliffe Nab were considered necessary. One might conclude that folks have frequently found themselves inadvertently ending up at the nearby farm. However, upon closer observation, the reason became apparent: the gate stands firmly padlocked. Despite its designation as a Public Footpath, no stile offers passage. One ...
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Hutton Moor—A Story of Ownership and Change
Hutton Moor, with Highcliff Nab and Guisborough in the distance, holds memories of the 1970s when I initially settled in the area. At that time, it bore scars of degradation due to off-road motorcyclists exploiting it as their playground. Under the ownership of the Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate, I found myself compelled to ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=35219
#Guisborough #HighcliffNab #HuttonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #1970s #19thcentury
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Patches of blue, reflections and a spanking new gate—Highcliff Gate this morning
In her dotage, my dog exhibits a distinct lack of enthusiasm for upland walks. This now renders the crudely painted "DOGS ON LEADS" sign on the wooden rail of no matter to me. A threat for sure, yet not a command. A "PLEASE", though, would have aided in conveying the message in a less intimidating manner.
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Guisborough Races, 1784: Asses, Mens’ sack race, Ladies, and a Soap-tail’d Pig
Guisborough, population around 17,000. At the turn of the 19th-century, in the 1801 cenus, it was a mere 1,719. This was the eve of the industrial revolution, nevertheless it was the largest town in the area, the focal point of trade, although the alum industry, once a major employer, was in decline.
...http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=30745
#Guisborough #HighcliffNab #NorthYorkMoors #18th-century #sports