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The Government’s Proposals to Curb Heather Burning
Gisborough Moor, from across Sleddale, is marked by neat, rectangular patches of scorched heather. These are “swiddens,” the product of controlled burning, a practice designed to create the perfect environment for grouse. The idea is simple: burn the old heather, let fre ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/31/the-governments-proposals-to-curb-heather-burning/
#GisboroughMoor #NorthYorkMoors #Sleddale #ecology #GrouseMoorManagement
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Kildale Moor Revisited
Ah yes, for the second day in a row, I found myself wandering around Kildale Moor, once again staring down at Sleddale Slack—though, to keep things fresh, I chose a slightly different vantage point. Variety is the spice of life, after all. Off to the right, perched on the high ground, is Percy Rigg, home to a farm that’s gone through more name chan ...
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Kildale Moor: Cairnfields and Forgotten Paths
The sky is a washed-out blue, untroubled by clouds. Even in their dreary winter shades, the moors still manage to look grand.
I find myself on Kildale Moor, a vast expanse littered with prehistoric cairnfields, settlements, and funerary monuments. Allegedly. In reality, one must squint to discern any such fe ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/06/kildale-moor-cairnfields-and-forgotten-paths/
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Percy Cross Rigg’s Hut Circles
I thought I would take a re-look at the Percy Rigg Iron Age hut circles. It has been quite some time. Alas, the perimeter fence lies in disrepair, casting a pall of melancholy over the entire site.
Located on the Percy Cross Rigg, just 460 metres down from the remains of the medieval cross, this round house site had eluded the notice of a ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=34705
#Kildale #NorthYorkMoors #PercyRigg #Sleddale #Ernaldsti #IronAge
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Commondale, or should that be Sleddale?
From Three Howes Rigg, if you look westward, you might've thought you are seeing into Commondale, or maybe Sleddale? Those fields of green let their waters drain into Sleddale Beck. The village of Commondale is tucked away in the dale.
Back in its heyday, that Guisborough Priory was a big landowner in the north of England. It was Robert de Brus from Skelton Castle, ...