Above: The recent clearance of the drive has revealed a series of upright stones bordering Shooters’ Clough. The early 1900s postcard below shows a lady sat between some of those same stones. At the time of writing, in early June 2025, the water level in Errwood...
Above: The stone closest to the shore is now a couple of feet above the water line. Above: This gatepost is furthest away and the only one of the four to be finely carved (click to enlarge). With September now upon us, and lots of rain on the way, I thought the water...
Above: A screengrab from my phone shows where I was standing when I took the photo of the twin gateposts. The sturdy gateposts that recently appeared above the surface of Errwood Reservoir lie on the opposite bank to those featured in the previous post and are a bit...
Above: These twin stone gateposts once stood either side of the entrance to Goytsbridge Farm. Anyone who has visited the valley over recent weeks will have seen that the water level in Errwood Reservoir has dropped very low. And it’s revealed some fascinating...
Above: A look at old maps reveal that these sturdy gateposts once formed an entrance onto the track of the C&HPR. Continuing the quest to identify old stone gateposts in the valley, I came across two fine examples yesterday evening, just as the sun was setting....
Above: I wonder whether these gatesposts once marked the boundary between the Grimshawe’s estate and the Chillworth Gunpowder Mill. It seems I’m not the only saddo to be fascinated by old stone gateposts! There are quite a few of us out there, as I...
Above: The twin stone gateposts and a screengrab from the ViewRanger app showing where they stand. It’s quite probably a sad reflection on me, but I find old stone gateposts intriguing. Especially when they stand alone in the landscape, with no connecting fences...
Above: I’ve tried to show the position of the stones on this old OS map. It’s about 30m from the small pond on the path along Shooter’s Clough. Walks 7, 8 and 15 all pass this pond. It was once a ventilation shaft for Castedge coal mine, and is...
