Lord Stones

Today it was mountain bike orienteering and once the mist lifted conditions could not have been better.We were based at Lordstones a privately owned Country Park.

Lordstones is a well known local landmark for all types of visitors and was created by the previous Owner, Mr. John Simpson, some 25 years ago. The glider site on the adjoining Carlton Bank and Lordstones itself were used as decoys for the German Luftwaffe during World War Two, due to its proximity to the industrial heartland of Teesside and Middlesbrough. Trenches full of fuel were set alight during the blackout period as a decoy for industrial activity and some craters were formed on the site by German bombs.

The name “Lord Stones” comes from the 3 ancient boundary stones which sit atop a Bronze Age tumulus and these stones marked the meeting point of 3 boundaries of land owned by; Lord Duncan, Lord Dudley De L’isle and Lord Wharton.

This is the Lord Stones looking toward Roseberry Topping and Teeside. If you look closely the largest stone has a maze pattern etched into it.