Sites of Meaning...

Have you ever noticed a strange inscription as you wandered round the White Peak? We've spotted several - including the two in the photographs (Bradford Bridge and Rowlow Brook) - on field trips and D of E walks.... But I never knew why they were there...

Well, these are two of the seventeen Sites of Meaning... Seventeen sculptures were placed around the village of Middleton-by-Youlgreave as part of a Millennium project... Local sculpters were commissioned to create the markerstones for the seventeen sites, and the verses were written by school children from Middleton and Youlgreave.

Do you have photos of any of the other sites? Do you know of any other similar markers around the area, or similar projects elsewhere in the country?

Answers to the mysteries...

I've just realised that I've posted at least two mystery questions and not answered them! So...

This place, which I discovered via Geograph in Google Earth is the remains of Farnah Hall near Duffield. It was described in White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire as "a large elegant mansion situate in a fine park"! Have you ever been there, or do you know any more about it?

This one, which should be of particular interest to Yr 11, shows the construction of a distribution centre just outside Swansea for Amazon. The first phase is expected to be completed in October this year, and will bring 1200 full-time jobs and a further 1500 temporary jobs around Christmas time to the region. The picture will take you to the full story from the BBC.

Have you ever seen one of these?

I hadn't, until yesterday... But there are lots of them around Derbyshire!

See what you can find out about them... And if you can tell me how they got their name (which I'll let you find out for yourself!), I'll be very impressed, because after a very long internet search, I still don't know...