Fearby via Hall Wood, Druid's Temple and Stonefold

Fearby, Masham, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 18 March, 2009

Swinton Druid's Temple, Ilton

A circular walk from Fearby, by way of Hall Wood, High Knowl and Stonefold, including a visit to Druid's Temple, a folly near Ilton.

Location

Geodata of the photograph illustrating this article...
Location name: 
Druid's Temple
Coordinates (lat,lon): 
54.203857,-1.733766
Elevation: 
276 metres
OS Grid Ref: 
SE 17464 78711
Nearest Post Code: 
HG4 4JZ

Map

Route

Route: 
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Additional information 
Druids Temple "William Danby was a notable English eccentric born in 1752. During his lifetime, he and three of his closest friends James Wyatt, John Foss, and Robert Lugar, built a fine mansion for Danby named New Swinton Hall near Ilton. These building works went on for some 50 years and only ended a few years before Danby's death in 1833. Around the turn of the century, unemployment was high in the area and Danby decided to build a labour intensive recreation of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, paying his workers a mere shilling per day." - Follies and Monuments

Highlights

Early morning mist, south from Fearby

River Burn, Fearby Low Moor

Fearby from Stonefold

Proximity

Places to go, sights to see, things to do - within 25km

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Black Swan Public House, Fearby to the Church of St. Mary, Masham Walk 2009-03-17 4.69 km
Jervaulx Abbey Visit 2009-03-18 7.02 km
Leighton via Leighton Reservoir, Ouster Bank, Lofthouse Moor and Pott Moor Walk 2009-03-19 7.51 km
West Witton to Pen Hill Walk 2004-01-03 14.25 km
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden Visit 2004-02-18 14.78 km
Aysgarth Visit 2004-01-02 19.10 km
Newby Hall and Gardens Visit 2005-07-09 20.53 km