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FABULOUS FOLLIES
...and Landscape Curiosities

EAST WITTON OUT PARISH, North Riding

Jervaulx Icehouse                                        SE 178 858

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There is an icehouse near to Jervaulx Abbey.



Jervaulx Hall Archway                              SE 169 857           

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The archway at Jervaulx Hall has a projecting keystone inscribed: 'H.L.C.1864'

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  This image was taken in March 2009.

Moor Cote                                                        SE 161 839

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The eaves extend to such proportions as to give the 19th century farmhouse the appearance of an Alpine hut. Perhaps the Earl of Ailesbury used it as a shooting lodge.




It was part of a Baha'i community during the 1980s. They built a pyramid nearby, which was dismantled when they left.

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Slobbering Sal                                SE 135 852

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This ancient well was known as Diana's Well and also Castaway Well. The spring emerges from a grotesque head, giving it the name Slobbering (or Slavering) Sal.

A rough stone shelter in the form of a grotto has a large stone slab for a table. The arched entrance has a stone inscribed:

                                    Mqfs of A
                                        1821
The Earl of Ailesbury lived nearby at Jervaulx and used the grotto for picnicking.

There was an old rhyme that went;

    Whoever eats Hammer Nuts and drinks Diana's water
    Will never leave Witton Town while he's rag or tatter.

Hazel nuts used to grow in Hammer Woods.

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