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I had to look hard at this photo as I thought it had been reversed I don’t remember a footpath at that side of the beck only Glover’s path on the left hand side. But I have been assured that there was a path on that side and of course you can see Liverton Mine in the background,telling it hasn’t been reversed.
Named Loftus Viaduct on this card, but still the same one, not completely filled in yet. The note on the back is dated December 8th, 1911. Thanks to Beryl Morris for the card which is another in the Penny Real Photo Series from Wm. Richardson & Sons, Loftus.
A lovely picture of the walls of Kilton Castle courtesy of Ray Brown who thinks it was taken in the late 70’s. Was that when Leeds University used to come in the summer to excavate there? I wish I could have seen it in all its glory.
This lovely photo courtesy of Ray Brown shows the castle wall from the other side. Were these just a lookout post or were they there to shoot the arrows through?
I don’t think you could see it like this now as it is so over grown all around it, but a lovely photo. (photo courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum)
Another hand-tinted picture postcard. Not so much the castle but the ruins of what must have been a beautiful castle, not as much can be seen today as it is difficult to find in the undergrowth with brambles and nettles covering what remains.
Once the impregnable stronghold of the De Thweng’s, Kilton Castle fell into disuse when Lucy De Thweng married and went to live at Skelton Castle (not the neo-Gothic building that now occupies the site of the old Skelton Castle). Even less of this castle exists today, despite its Ancient Monument status. Another from the book of views of Loftus.
Kilton woods on one side of the valley and Whitecliffe woods and Glover’s Path on the other side with the beck running between. The children seem to be having a great time in the beck
An idyllic rural image, just to show that the Loftus area wasn’t all Ironstone Pits and Smelters – well most of it was!
You can see from this much earlier image how light and open the valley was originally. I wonder if the viaduct had been built with arched spans whether the problem would still have manifested itself. I’d need an engineer to tell me – is there an engineer in the house? Simon Chapman tells us: ” Kilton Viaduct opened for traffic in 1867 and was later filled in with shale to create a massive embankment so that mining could take place beneath it. During this work which took years, one of the pillars showed signs of stress possibly because of uneven tipping, so traffic over was stopped for a fortnight until the problem was remedied. So if the viaduct had been built with arches it would still have ended up as we see it today.” Thanks to Simon for the update. |
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