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Dob Park Lodge

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This is Dob Park Lodge – the remains of a 300 year old hunting Lodge 2 miles from where I live. It is reputed to be haunted by a talking dog who guards a treasure under the fire place….I have had a poke about one day but didn’t encounter the dog – nor the treasure!

Hangingstones Carving

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Hangingstones carvings

This is one of many prehistoric carvings on nearby Rombalds Moor in Yorkshire. They are thought to be between 6 and 7 thousand years old, but no one knows for sure. No one knows what they mean either. At present there are thought to between 400 to 450 carvings on these moors – some are simple ‘cup’ marks but many are very elaborate indeed.

Haworth Parsonage and Cemetery

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I live a stones throw from the little village of Haworth – once the home to the famous Bronte Sisters. I spend a lot of time on the moors, but occasionally I will explore the small village – early is best before the tourists arrive. This is the Parsonage with the cemetery in front.

Cowpers Cross

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Cowpers Cross

Standing next to a prehistoric trackway high on Rombalds Moor in Yorkshire, this is the 12th century Cowpers Cross. For hundreds of years it has been a signpost and place of comfort for weary travellers crossing the bleak moors.

Jenny Twigg and her Daughter Dibb

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High on the lonely Fountains Earth Moor in Nidderdale sits these two stones. Across the valley is a small, but prominent hill that goes by the name of Dead Mans Hill. It gets its name because two hundred years ago 3 drovers were discovered buried there in the dark peat – minus their heads.

An old coaching inn was at the side of a road at the bottom of the hill and one night the three, plus a dog stopped for refreshment and a bed for the night. They were never seen alive again, but the dog sat on the hill whimpering and wouldn’t come down. Upon investigation the bodies were found and the landlady of the coaching inn, and her daughter were convicted of the crime and hanged.

Another legend says they were witches and were turned to stone, where they remain forever on the dark moors.