Above: Could this be an ancient waymarker stone that once guided travellers and traders across these windswept moors? Or did it perhaps mark a territorial boundary, or even the site of an ancient grave? It was comments from both James and Chris that prompted me to...
Above: One of the twin circles on the hillside below Foxlow Edge. Could they be the remains of a Stone Age settlement? Perhaps this east-facing gap in the wall may offer a clue. The ‘Beast from the East’ is supposed to be returning with a...
Above: I think these two ladies may have been servants at Errwood Hall, occupying a similar role to Irma. They both seem to be dressed in in funerial black. I wonder what the story is behind the photo. I would guess it would haver been taken around 1910 – some...
Above: The stone-edged circle on the right was fairly easy to spot from the Google Earth satellite image. But the one on the left has virtually vanished from the landscape. The OS co-ordinates are 005752. Any ideas on what they might once have been would be much...
I chose the 8-mile circular walk from Buxton to Errwood Reservoir to create this Google Earth test as it’s one of the most popular – and longest – on the site. Please let me know if you enjoy it, or have any suggestions for making improvements....
Above: The Grimshawe’s Catholic chapel was housed in the top floor turret at Errwood Hall. A light kept burning throughout the night was said to be visible throughout the valley. Above: Click to enlarge the press clipping. My thanks to Mike for sending this...
Above: Old Goyt’s Lane now vanishes beneath the waters of Errwood Reservoir. But in Vera and Rolands’ day this attractive walk would have ended in the picturesque hamlet of Goyt’s Bridge. It’s poignant to imagine the two lovers looking across...
Above: The small suspension bridge at the southern end of Fernilee Reservoir was dismantled following the construction of Errwood Reservoir in the mid ’60s. Inset: The brick pillar that recently emerged during the drought of 2018. Another of my theories...
Above: I’ve never seen the water level this low at Fernilee. As well as sections of stone walling, it’s just possible to make out a brick pillar on the far shoreline (inset). I think this could be one of the supports for the suspension bridge. The...
Above: the mill lade started from this small stone and concrete sluice that spans the River Goyt a short distance from Derbyshire Bridge. A channel on the right snaked across the hill side, all the way to the mill pond above the giant waterwheel at Goytsclough. I...
