Comments on: Sorrelsykes, near Aysgarth, North Yorkshire

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:09:23 +0000

In reply to Julia Abel Smith. Hello Julia. Very interesting thought. This site keeps its secrets really well, which is fine, there should always be mysteries!

By: Julia Abel Smith

Julia Abel Smith — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:54:59 +0000

The form and positioning of the sham castle at the top of a steep hill is reminiscent of The Ruin at Hackfall (now restored by the Landmark Trust) only 18 miles away. I wonder if the Hackfall Ruin was the inspiration?

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:59:42 +0000

In reply to Keith Cattell.. Good afternoon Keith, and thank you very much for those kind words. All of the articles remain on the website, so if you visit the site (not from the email link)they should appear chronologically if you scroll down. I confess to preferring the research and writing to the technology, so I hope I have explained that correctly. Do get back to me if this doesn’t work.

By: Keith Cattell.

Keith Cattell. — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:42:24 +0000

I continue to admire your fascinating research and also your literary ability in presenting it: my only query is how do I gain access to all those articles that appeared before I accidentally discovered your web site a few months ago?

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:16:44 +0000

In reply to Burgo. Many thanks for this fascinating comment. Do let me know if you find out more.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:14:44 +0000

Hello Gwyn. I was torn on this one: crack the case, or leave a great mystery alone? So I compromised on just finding out a little more! That’s my story anyway…

By: Burgo

Burgo — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:12:29 +0000

… excellent imagery, as usual. The Country Life archive gives a single result for one spelling of Sorrelsykes – a review of a book with that title appearing in the 13 December 1913 issue & said to describe life in the area 50 years previously. Glancing over it, the content appears seriously quaint but, as I am driving at the moment, it is not possible to peruse in detail or discover whether any clarification concerning the origin of the structures here etcetera is present.

By: Gwyn

Gwyn — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:28:30 +0000

Among the purest examples of folly in Britain, and if La Flâneuse can’t find anything more about them where does that leave the rest of us? (on this cold grey London morning). I do hope they were perpetrated by the Misses Tennant. We need more folly women.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:48:52 +0000

In reply to Gand. Morning Gand. An excellent pun to start the day. This was our first folly jaunt in a long time. It’s good to be back in the field (literally). My Uncouth Companion is a big fan of AA boxes so we know it well. Enjoy the sunny morning.

By: Gand

Gand — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:15:16 +0000

My condiments to the Flaneuse on yet another interesting article. Now maybe the time to take off and revisit these intriguing structures. Also at the same time take a look at the AA box nearby, which always was in most excellent condition.