'Take Off' Stone, Mortimer Road, Sheephouse Heights, near Penistone
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'Take Off' Stone, Mortimer Road, Sheephouse Heights, near Penistone
Image: © Terry Robinson Taken: 18 Apr 2010
The 'Take Off' stone is visible in the hedgerow on the right hand side of the road ... take care if you go to see it as you are not very visible to any traffic coming up the hill and round the bend. For a closer look, see ... Image This stone dates from the 1770's when Mortimer Road was first constructed as a Toll Road. The 'Take Off' relates to additional horses attached to heavily laden carts to help pull them up the steep hills. At this point the extra horses were unhitched and taken back down the hill to await the next load. A second 'Take Off' stone is also situated on Mortimer Road, some 20 miles south, near to the Strines Inn ... see Image Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.501973
Longitude
-1.630151