When Infographics Burn Brighter Than Evidence
An image drifted across my feed this morning: a mugshot of a certain former prince. Briefly amusing, obviously fake, the work of some obliging AI dressed up as reality. Elsewhere, a Facebook post from the Moorland Association offered something far less harmless. A polished infographic declared, ...
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Maiden Hair: From Dye to Deficiency
While the day was still fresh, as I wandered across Warren Moor, a vivid expanse of orange-yellow caught my eye. The bog asphodel, with its star-like blooms, presented a scene of rare splendour. Singularly, these flowers might escape notice, but en masse, they transform the landscape. Never before have I witnessed such a display on the North York Moors.
In the 16th ...
Source of the Leven
A rarely seen view of the upper reaches of the River Leven, that tributary of the Tees, before it begins its winding journey through the lowlands south of Middlesbrough. Beginning high on Warren Moor at the edge of Cleveland Hills, this river is unique as the only one north of the Humber that flows westward for most of its course. Only when it's in its final lower st ...
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The carved stone of the Park Pale
Someone asked me to show them a carved stone on Warren Moor. Many years have slipped by since I last saw it, so I figured it'd be wise to retrace my steps and locate it again – can't have my memory playing tricks on me.
The stone didn't put up much of a fight to remain hidden. Nestled along a stretch of weathered dry-stone wall, perched atop an earthwork bank ...
An encounter with the gamekeeper
The North York Moors Historic Enviroment Record describes this ruin as a "post medieval sheep fold identified from historic mapping with slight structural remains," but the dressed stones to me point to a more substantial building.
I am on Warren Moor looking down on the secluded Leven Vale. Now, the "field" beyond that fence isn't Open Access Land, as a pompous gamekeeper so eagerl ...
Mick Garratt
