Ruthergate

My plan was to take a photo of an old route from Guisborough climbing Kemplah Bank on to Hill Plain.

The pasture fields of Hill Plain can be seen in the top left corner, while Ruthergate is recognisable by the diagonal line of dark green gorse that stands out against the brown of the withered bracken. A standing stone used to be located where Ruthergate met the crest of the bank ...

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The Hanging Stone

Overlooking the heavily forested Hutton Lowcross, the sandstone outcrop at the end of Ryston Nab is well known as the Hanging Stone, presumably because it 'hangs' over the valley, rather than it being a site of execution.

Ryston Nab, the nose on which it's on, has a more interesting etymology.

It survives from the 14th-century name of 'Reefstoneshaw' for the ...

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