Rosedale from Chimney Bank

We went for a walk along the top of Chimney Bank which overlooks the village of Rosedale Abbey in the North Yorkshire Moors. It was absolutely freezing and blowing a gale, but it gave us a good appetite for a hearty Sunday lunch at the nearby White Horse Farm Hotel. It's a beautiful area, overlooked by many.

Today's extra shows the remains of the old Ironworks at Bank Top.
Iron ore was tipped into the kilns from above to be roasted to drive of water and carbonic acid gas. This process reduced the weight of the ironstone, thus reducing the transport costs of the material to Middlesbrough and its emerging steel industry.
Much of the masonry of the kilns remains, but all the shutters and ironwork have long gone.