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2021.01.25** Car park Elsecar Heritage Centre, Public Foot Paths Sign at start (& end point) SK386.998, southward toward Barrowfield Gate SK386.986, ~ SE thru Clay Fields / Lane to cross B6090 Rd at SK392.981 and enter Wentworth Park, road to W. Woodhouse, then path / road ~SSE past Deer Shed to SK404.967, turn off  ~SW between two ponds (Dog Kennel Pond to East and Morley to West) and continue on Rotherham Roundwalk to Cinder Hills, at SK394.957 turn ~S for ~240m then ~E for ~ 1km to reach Wingfield (suburb), follow Town Rd (T P Trail) on Wingfield's W / N boundary to SK475.958 and V-turn ~NW thru Morley Bridge Weirs and ~200m ~WNW on Road to Roman Ridge Dike, at SK408.965 FP ~NE towards Mausoleum, ~E to Nether Haugh House then ~NNE joining & following Stubbin Rd to Low Stubbin, at SK421.978 FP ~ WNW to Hoober Lane at SK412.982, follow H Lane ~W for ~300m to bend, then path ~WNW to SK407.983, ~N up to Hoober Stand, just to N of H.S. take path ~W to join Street Lane at SK403.986, follow S. Lane, cross road & follow on North side of Lee Wood, turn in to see Needles Eye & return to path, follow FP ~NW (passing to the Soutb of Linthwaite) & continuing back to start point. Leader Stuart - Monday - 2 people on walk.

1 The Chimney peeping above Elsecar Heritage centre
2 zoomed into distant old windmill
3 Wentworth - Holy Trinity Parish Church - (there is also a second interesting Old Church not seen on this walk)
4 frozen conditions lessens mud underfoot at the beginning of the walk, but mud becomes worse as ice melts during the day
5 a Kestrel
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7 Estate Office
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11 another winmill - this one converted into a residence
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13 the entrance to Wentworth Park - open to walkers but not visitors cars during Lockdown
14 Stable block?
15 as above
16 Wentworth Hall - repairs continuing during Lockdown - contractors vehicles
17 as above
18 deer
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20 The mausoleum (OS map), Rockingham Monument on the Estate signs - apparently he was buried elsewhere
21 as above
22 Doric Temple
23 zoomed into Hoober Stand
24 Keppel's Column Rotherham - zoomed into - note the barrel shape and some metal banding about 1/3 up it.
25 the unnamed pond to the West of Dog Kennel Pond
26 Swans avoiding the ice in Dog Kennel Pond
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28 farmers bales
29 Hoober Stand visible behind this farm
30 zoomed into the end of Wentworth Hall?
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32 an old Ha Ha not in use here?
33 We V turned from the Wingfield Road shortly after this barn towards the Morley Bridge Weirs
34 Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate

35 a closer up view of the above map
36 Gulls in Mill Dam - two swans to right
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38 stream passing through (Morley Bridge Weirs) linking ponds
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40 going up to the Mausoleum
41 The Mausoleum closer up (fence stops access)
42 Sheep, Ponds and Keppel's Column
43 zoomed into Hoober Stand
44 Spring?
45 Observatory
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48 interesting to read and interpret these events with hindsight wisdom?
49 framed by the sun

50 The Needles Eye - a pretty tower built to allow a carriage to pass through 'a needle' - apparently to win a wager.

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52 back towards Elsecar

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