Seavy Hill

Hill, Mountain in Yorkshire Richmondshire

England

Seavy Hill

Shooting hut beside East Black Sike East Black Sike drains part of Scargill High Moor. The hut is set into a gouge into the slope on the west side of the stream; it can be approached by an estate road from the north. — Shooting hut beside East Black Sike Credit: Trevor Littlewood

Seavy Hill, located in the county of Yorkshire, England, is a prominent hill standing at an elevation of approximately 344 meters (1,128 feet) above sea level. It is situated within the picturesque North York Moors National Park, renowned for its outstanding natural beauty, and is part of the larger Cleveland Hills range.

The hill itself offers stunning panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, with its steep slopes covered in heather, grasses, and scattered trees. Seavy Hill is characterized by its gently undulating terrain, providing a challenging yet rewarding hike for outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers alike. The summit offers a breathtaking vista, stretching as far as the eye can see, encompassing the rugged moorland, rolling hills, and distant towns.

The area is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including various bird species, such as curlews and lapwings, which can often be spotted soaring overhead. The hillside is also known for its rich flora, with a vibrant display of wildflowers during the summer months.

Seavy Hill is accessible via several footpaths and trails, making it a popular destination for walkers, hikers, and cyclists. The surrounding area offers a wealth of outdoor activities, including nature photography, birdwatching, and picnicking amidst the tranquil surroundings. The hill's close proximity to nearby villages and towns provides visitors with the opportunity to explore quaint local shops, cafes, and pubs, immersing themselves in the region's unique charm and hospitality.

Overall, Seavy Hill is a captivating natural landmark, offering a sanctuary of tranquility and a chance to connect with the unspoiled beauty of the North York Moors.

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Seavy Hill Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 54.470002/-2.0240213 or Grid Reference NY9808. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Shooting hut beside East Black Sike

East Black Sike drains part of Scargill High Moor. The hut is set into a gouge into the slope on the west side of the stream; it can be approached by an estate road from the north.

Trevor Littlewood

Grouse butt at rock band

White Crag is a discontinuous rock band mainly broken into large numbers of angular boulders overlooking Scargill High Moor. A number of grouse butts has been built into the rock band using the material obviously available. A thin path runs along the crag.

Trevor Littlewood

Cuboid boulders along White Crag

White Crag is a discontinuous rock band broken mainly into angular boulders overlooking Scargill High Moor. The continuing rocks can be seen running into the distance. Further into the distance, beyond the moorland is Stang Forest.

Trevor Littlewood

Cuboid boulders along White Crag - 2

White Crag is a discontinuous rock band broken into angular boulders overlooking Scargill High Moor. More rocks can be seen running into the distance. In the far distance, beyond the moorland, can be seen the coniferous trees of Stang Forest.

Trevor Littlewood

High Moor Lunch Hut

As well as lots of Covid-related signage and hand-sanitiser at every door, the shooting hut also has a prominent sign announcing its identity to anyone coming up the track from lower down in the drainage of East Black Sike, though it seems likely that anyone with need to know would be accompanied by drivers, beaters and others who could just as easily tell them (if they hadn't already been briefed when paying out the exorbitant sums to come and shoot things). Presumably it also becomes obvious when, on Scargill High Moor, they get provided with lunch...

Andy Waddington

Eroding sandstone on Scargill High Moor

The prominent escarpment at the top of Scargill High Moor is formed in the unnamed sandstone that lies just below the Little Limestone, towards the bottom of the Stainmore Group, of Pendleian age in the Carboniferous. It's part of what older ones among us will remember as being the Millstone Grit series. At the top of the slope, blocks of sandstone are weathering out, and have little or no peat drift covering them. Just back from the edge, a path links lines of grouse butts, making for surprisingly easy and pleasant walking. Even beyond the last grouse butt (some way to the west) the path continues as a gamekeeper's access, somewhat narrower but still giving mostly easy footing.

Andy Waddington

Eroding sandstone on Scargill High Moor

Andy Waddington

North towards Citron Seat

From the Gilmonby road, a bridleway heads south as a good track, and where it splits, the branch to Citron Seat (the small dark-topped hill right on centre in this view) continues very clear, though, like the southern branch, it ends very abruptly at no particularly obvious destination (just at a change of local authority administering the definitive rights of way map). The southern branch passes through this view just at the foot of the slope, though you'd hardly know it. Since it terminates abruptly at the boundary wall and fails to enter the Yorkshire Dales National park, its original destination is unclear, but somewhere in upper Arkengarthdale seems likely, perhaps joining the public footpath which also started life as a bridleway until it hit the National Park frontier. One suspects some severe laxity in recording the rights of way after the 1949 Countryside Act.

Andy Waddington

Tarnhow Hill

Although apparently a very minor eminence on the map, Tarnhow Hill seems quite prominent across the otherwise rather flat bit of moorland above Bleakhow Edge (itself a rather over-grandiose name for a short steep slope with a few sandstone boulders). There's a small crag or perhaps a quarry, which I would have guessed was formed in the Little Limestone, but BGS sheet 41 (Kirkby Stephen) shows it as Richmond Chert, a little above the limestone. It also shows Tarnhow Hill covered in drift with no actual bedrock showing, which is clearly not the case, so I withhold judgement on which bed is outcropping, as I suspect that the mappers, like myself today, may not have trekked over to the hill and examined it in detail. The drystone wall which crosses its shoulder, marks the post-1974 border between North Yorkshire and County Durham (prior to that, the boundary was along the River Tees, further north) and is also the frontier of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. A number of rights of way either change status to lesser rights, or terminate abruptly on that border, suggesting that within the Park (in 1949 it was all the North Riding) recording of existing paths was far more lax than outside on the definitive map. Given the time it took for the 1949 Act to result in these definitive maps, it is possible that the discrepancy lay between the post-1974 county authorities.

Andy Waddington

Gamekeeper's path on White Crag Moss

Beyond the last grouse butt on Scargill High Moor, the broad footpath serving those butts (used by off-road vehicles, one suspects) shrinks to just a footpath, though the occasional fat tyre track does suggest something motorised occasionally passes this way. Lots of predator traps and grouse medication trays imply the primary purpose is for gamekeeper's access, but being along the top of the sandstone outcrop where the peat is shallow or absent, the path is surprisingly easy underfoot and the views north over the Greta valley are rather fine.

Andy Waddington

Faggergill

The track above the disused mine makes for easy walking until it peters out on the slopes of Hoove.The path actually glistens in the sunlight due to the amount of Quartz crystal lying around . Geologists could fill carrier bags full of the stuff as well as rocks with Galena and other assorted minerals if given time to explore.

Colin Gregory

Shooting hut

Shooting hut at the disused Faggergill lead mines.

Colin Gregory

Black Sike

Black Sike has cut a deep ravine through the peat moor on its journey from the plateau north of the summit of Hoove.

Colin Gregory

Boundary stone on Stony Hill

The boundary stone in the centre of the image has a white-painted letter B on the face towards the camera. It's one of a series of similar stones along a fence line running generally south-west and seen at the right side of the image; this stone is unusual in being located off the fence line. At the wall/fence junction in view there's a boulder embedded in the ground bearing a chiselled letter B. The conical hill to the left side of the photograph is Citron Seat.

Trevor Littlewood