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07
Dec 2024
Sunday Picture Quiz Answers: December 7
Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?
1. Angram Reservoir
If you've never seen this reservoir in person before, you're probably in good company as it takes some getting to. Located at the top of the dale, over 12 miles further up than Pateley Bridge, it's the uppermost of Nidderdale's three reservoirs, the others being Scar House and Gouthwaite.
It was completed in 1919 and supplies water to Bradford via the Nidd Aqueduct, a 32-mile watercourse that flows via deep tunnels right through three hills, including Greenhow.
2. Harlow Hill Tower, Harrogate
This landmark was built on the edge of Harlow Moor in Harrogate by John Thompson in 1829 as an observatory, and from the top you can see "three cathedrals, seven battlefields, seventeen castles, twenty-three abbeys, twenty market towns, over seventy gentleman's seats and nearly two hundred churches".
The 70-foot-high building on Nursery Lane was opened to the public in 1900 and was a popular destination for walkers coming from the bath house at Harlow Carr.
Now owned by North Yorkshire Council, it is grade II listed, and an added attraction is a Foucault's Pendulum, installed down to the core of the tower, that demonstrates that the Earth is turning.
The tower has in the past been open to visitors on the annual Heritage Open Days each autumn, but sadly was not this year.
3. Stocks, Ripley
Nobody knows for sure how old these stocks are, but they are grade II listed and according to their official listing they are "possibly 17th century".
In fact, they are listed twice, once in their own right and once in tandem with the stone cross alongside. According to the other listing:
The stocks are thought to be contemporary with the cross shaft and sundial [i.e. 18th century], and their positioning close to the base of the cross is possibly so that the victim sat on the lower step.
It is also not known when they were last used in anger.
4. Cellarium, Fountains Abbey
This superb vaulted space was the undercroft to the dormitory above it of the lay brothers, or conversi. It is divided into sections serving as cellars and store-rooms, and the lay brothers' refectory was at its southern end, next to the kitchens.
This building extends across the river and at its south-west corner were the latrines, strategically built above the fast-flowing River Skell.
The cellarium is possibly the most photographed part of Fountains Abbey, which is itself a grade I listed building and the centrepiece of the Studley Royal Park UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It even doubled as the cellars of the Houses of Parliament in the BBC's 2017 historical drama Gunpowder, about the 1605 plot to kill King James I – a scheme that led to the undoing of the conspirators, who of course included local lad Guy Fawkes, from Scotton.
Too easy or too difficult? Let us know what you think of our quiz by contacting us at letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.
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