2021

NY9617 : Drove road on Loups's Hill

taken 3 years ago, near to Hury, County Durham, England

Drove road on Loups's Hill
Drove road on Loups's Hill
The old drove road to Loups's Hill is now a bridleway, and this section is within the Battle Hill firing range, only accessible when the red flag is not flying on the pole at NY97831732. Whilst the pole is quite visible from the lower part of the drove road, where it is seen in silhouette, it is difficult to spot from this higher section (where we'd entered the range) though it would be much more obvious if the red flag were flying. There's not much chance of venturing here when the range is in use:- we can hear the machine gun fire from our home over three miles away over intervening hills, so there'd be little chance of missing it from this close. Just to be sure there is a sign at the entry point giving the phone number of the range warden to check (not that the sign tells you where to find a phone box or anything useful like that - and it looks to be an old sign predating these new-fangled mobile phone things). Loups's Hill is a particularly scenic bit of the moor with good views and a number of prehistoric cup-and-ring marked stones which remain relatively undisturbed owing to the deterrent MOD signs all round the area, as evidenced by a bird's nest right in a stile lower down this track. It must see some visitors, however, as I note an interpretive sign by one of the marked rocks, which has appeared since last I was here.

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This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY 2021 Automatic Clusters: · Battle Hill Firing Range [4] · Old Drove Road [2] Title Clusters: · Drove road on Loups's Hill [2] ·
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NY9617, 24 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Andy Waddington   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 9 April, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9664 1760 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:33.2180N 2:3.2077W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9658 1759
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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