Makes you wonder where the moles are supposed to live, if not on grazing land. They do wonders for the health of the soil over the long term. A railway also cuts through the amazing Bartlow Barrows on the essex/Cambridge border and I've come across other sites too. I suspect in some cases it was deliberate.

Fabulous video. What an exquisite place. Lovely Sister Hens. Thank you!

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - there were fabulous hens!

The stone circle is called Kemp Howe. Beautiful, thank you.

Lovely video 👍🏻

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom

thank you, Robert! thank you, Richard!

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much.

It's the River Lowther by the abbey. Often see dead squirrels hanging from fences in parts of Shropshire. Thanks Richard.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

We found out the name of the river in the end! :) Love to see these old country customs.

Were the chickens Friars?😄😉🙄🐔 Beautiful old ruin. I agree, something magical about it. So sad it doesn't stand anymore. Also sad that the railroad failed to see the historical value in ancient stone circles!!!😑

@ramibu239

5 жыл бұрын

Btw...Lake District!😍 Oh I wish you were going! I always wanted to visit the Lake District!

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

I love a good ruin!

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

I will on a separate trip.

Thanks Richard & Robert. At least there was a sign about climbing the walls unlike at Hadrian's wall haha at least you won't get in trouble this time.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, because if there hadn't been I would have climbed to the top of the gatehouse! :)

Enjoyed the video The chimneys though are modern lime kilns* used for the steel industry, once upon a time they used the limestone from the adjacent quarry across the M6 but that's ended and they import it now. Indeed the quarry is the beginning of the limestone escarpment of the Westmoreland Dales heading east into the National Park. I believe the pink granite quarry is up on Shap fell and the blue granite nearer to the village. Enjoyed these videos and whilst some places are very familiar (in the Cumbrian episodes) and we visit frequently, I'm ashamed to admit I've never been to some despite regularly driving past. So thank you to Robert and yourself for highlighting a few places local to me that we should really visit. *Examples of the old kilns built into the fell are also to be seen in the area, probably dating to the Victorian era or earlier I'm not an expert but I'm sure you could easily discover more. Thanks again

Blooming Heck! Driving a railway through the middle of a stone circle! Cheeky Victorians. Ministry of Works are the distant predecessors of English Heritage. Shap Abbey looks superb. A perfect place to explore and interpret. I would guess from that stone column that you were in the Chapter House and that was the central column that supported a fan vault roof.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

It sure was a fabulous place.

Two very interesting places. Shap abbey is in remarkable condition - maybe the isolation helped... The ministry of works was the predecessor of English heritage.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the title of the MOW :)

I've lived in the area for over 65 years, and I never knew there were the remains of a stone circle there..... The small wooden house adjacent to Shap Abbey car park, has been sold a while back and presumably awaits refurbishment or redevelopment.

I did enjoy that, you fitted the lot into one video. that was very good, it's a shame that that stone circle is covered over by the Railway, and is also shame, that there wasn't any trains going back and forth the time of filming! I did enjoy that well done👍

Great information. We are visiting the abbey next month to have a look around and make a little video.

@RichardVobes

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic - you will have to let me know when it is done.

Shap is the site of a megalithic catastrophe! From the stone circle, of huge stones, an avenue ran right through and beyond the village. Further large stones, one upright, are to be found north of shap. This site must once have been of some importance. Avenues and stone circles are often found together but shap seems to have been one of the finest. Further north but just south of penrith are two henges, once there were three, that are also worth visiting. The scale of mayburgh henge shows how important this area once was.

That gave me a good chuckle,(No climbing on the walls)! They must have known you were coming!? As for those moles,there was a kids program in the 1970s where they had a moleywarp who’s job was to do just that! It may have been Folly Foot Farm?

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

I remember Folly Foot Farm with a warm fuzzy feeling.

I have had plenty of bbqs with my dog on that spot next to the bridge, if you leave your feet in the river schools of mini fish come and nibble the dead skin on your feet! amazing little place and a great swimming spot on the other side of the bridge where it goes deep and you can jump in from the old sheep dip, the water swirls in a vortex due to the hole with naturally hot and cold water its truely my favourite place on earth

@RichardVobes

4 жыл бұрын

It sounds wonderful - thanks so much for sharing.

Very nice video of interesting history. The dissolution of the monasteries seems such a dark time and yet where would we be today without these ruins to explore. But then, those moles? That’s just strange. Weird custom. Ick!!!

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

I am sure is must scare off animals hanging moles on a fence.

There are erratic stones one can when can see when driving up the M6. Left behind by the receding glaciers.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

That was a great video Richard and Robert. It must be tough to try and do any major infrastructure works in England due to your long and ancient history. In parts, a shovel cannot be put in the ground without hitting something of historical value.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

That is so true, which is why everything seems to take a long time to get done. :) Thanks for comments and watching.

I remember driving over The Shap with my Mum going from Scotland down to London. It could get very treacherous and foggy! Great video! Thought you found a Shrike's food cash! We used to get paid for rabbit ears by the landowner when we worked our ferrets! Good times!

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for the memories.

the moles are hung as the unique smell puts off other moles from digging in the area