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A few from Sunday night:

Good to see a few arrivals around the garden area - I've seen few (not been looking that much to be fair) but the nicer weather and warmer nights are bringing the guests out...

A mayfly (imago stage)...

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Supper for a Neriene montana spider and 2 others (one is looking gravid)...

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And finally wrapping up a snack is a small Platnickina tincta (commonly called the False Pirate Spider because, a bit like Ero sp. (Pirate Spiders), it hangs out on the webs of other small spiders and steals their prey or even kills them).

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Paul.
 
Jenny Brown's Point.

THE CHIMNEY ON THE SHORE

This chimney has puzzled people for a long time.

Some have suggested that it was a beacon for ships. Others thought it could be part of a time kiln or a mine. We know now that it is part of a range of structures revealed as the saltmarsh in the area has eroded. We now think it is all that remains of a furnace used to purify locally-mined metal ores Archaeological excavation found a flue linked to the chimney. Deposits of coal and clinker, a waste from burning coal, support the theory that this was a furnace for purifying metal ores.

Since 2014, the site has been the focus of a National Lottery Heritage Fund community archaeology project. led by Morecambe Bay Partnership and supported by Mourholme Local History Group and Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership.

The furnace was probably built in the 1780s by the lord of the manor of Yealand, Robert Glason. The chimney was repointed and tapped using a lime sand mortar in the 1990s. This is why it looks so surprisingly smart today.

Music by Enya - "The Humming"



Interesting additional info >>> PDF

All we know for sure is that almost 400 years ago in the 1660s, there were two Jenny Browns, mother and daughter, living at nearby Dykehouse farm. Whatever the truth may be, Jenny Brown's Point is how this place is known and her name will be attached to this beauty spot for evermore.


Paul.
 

One of two flights on the 22nd of May saw me blast the Mini 3 Pro into Sports Mode and fly up to around Rivington Pike.

Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington, Chorley in Lancashire, England at an elevation of 363 metres. The wind up there was considerable.

Written records of ‘Roun Pike’ stretch back to 1280, though it is entirely feasible the Pike became part of England’s integral beacon defence network over a century earlier under the instigation of the Earl of Chester after the Scottish raids of 1138.

For the first time since getting my drone, I found another flyer and two of his mates - so a big hello to those guys - you're in the video!




Paul.
 
The Pigeon Tower, Rivington, Lancashire.

A journey from the Ravine entrance at the foot of the hills up to the Pigeon tower. A pretty tough climb in parts but worth the effort.

Originally called the Lookout Tower, then the Dovecote Tower, the Pigeon Tower as it is now known was built between 1905 and 1909.

It was built in 1910 by Lord Leverhulme as part of his Rivington estate in Lever Park and stands at the north west edge of the Terraced Gardens. Thomas Mawson, the designer/landscape architect of the Gardens, liked to create a tall focal point in many of his landscapes, and the Italian Garden section of Rivington Terraced Gardens was no exception.

The Pigeon Tower remains standing today when so many other structures have been lost, purely through public calls for its preservation.

The restoration has allowed the tower to be brought back into use with visitors being able to go inside the tower, to see fireplace and top floor, and experience the spectacular views offered from inside on Open Days and Events.



Paul.
 

Hollinshead Hall Ruins & The Well House.​


The hall ruins we see today are from 1776 when John Hollinshead built a new house on the site. It had previously been home to a large farmhouse, dating from over hundred years earlier. This was mostly demolished, making way for the new hall and probably the well house too.

The Well House, the least ruined part of Hollinshead Hall, Tockholes, according to local rumour, is associated with mysterious powers. Hollinshead Holy Well has a vague reputation of being haunted and also that its very pure water is good for eye troubles.

Hollinshead Hall is referred to in Twycross’ Mansions of England (1846), where the well-house is mentioned, said to have been formerly called ‘Thee Holy Spring’, and visited by pilgrims who came for the water.

Although not much of the original house is left today, you can still see the well-preserved remains of the hall’s well house. It’s a rather imposing building with metal bars at the windows and, even though you can’t go inside, you can still take a peek at the interior.




Paul.
 

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