Fearby via Hall Wood, Druid's Temple and Stonefold
Fearby, Masham, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 18 March, 2009
Swinton Druid's Temple, Ilton
Location
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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:
14
Includes:
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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
Proximity
Places to go, sights to see, things to do - within 25km
| Article | Category | Date |
Proximity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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