I think this is more likely the location where the culvert from the Boulby Alum Works passed underneath the road on its way to the Alum House for processing.

The house is probably not original, although a wall in the garden at the edge of the cliff looks much older. The vertical shaft from the Boulby Alum Tunnel on the shore would emerge in the garden of this house were it still open.

The Lady Hewleys Trust is actually still in existance today.

The blockstone was returned from the Whitby pier in 1964

The quarry reopened in 2002, I have read that in the 1970s the remains of a jet mines were also accessible, but the whole area seems to have been freshly opened up, so I doubt the current owners would take kindly to visitors searching for any remains.

The Napoleonic Beacon was built in 1808 as part of a chain to warn of attack, it later became a private residence and was inhabited up until the 1950s.

It was demolised in 1956 and ICI erect the current monument.

The view from the top is still spectacular

A number of building remains and foundation can be spotted in the dense undergrowth

A very small length of drift is visible at the bottom of a large collapse, but its tricky to reach and also flooded.

About 100m to the south of the drift, iron stained water can be seen emerging from what was presumably a drainage level, this appears to be lined with corrugated iron sheets which have collapsed a few feet in, water can again be seen at the bottom of that collapse.

The under manager George Whitbread worked at Ayton Monument rather than Ayton Banks.

Over the bridge is a cast iron Victorian Urinal, it was originally one of three, it moved here in 1998 from Station Road.

It supposed to show the position of 11 plaques telling stories from the village, but I’m wondering if they have worn off.

The lines of terraces at the top right are the original streets relating to the Upleatham Ironstone mine which was at the top of Pontac Road.

Ruthergate is an ancient trackway which continues south, up through a still visible cutting in Kemplah Woods.

Two lonely telegraph poles which once carried the communications point out the site from the road.

The surface features are pretty much unchanged, although the lid has been removed and thrown into the shaft.

Being open to the elements means theres now an inch of water at the bottom of the ladder, all the paper and card items once inside are either gone or soaked, the cupboards have also been smashed up.

The switch mechanism which was on the wall near the door in the older photos seems to have been very carefully removed, hopefully this has been taken to a museum or by someone restoring another ROC post rather than as a personal trophy.

ROC posts are fast disappearing or being vandalised, the fantastic example at Hinderwell was filled with soil in the last couple of years. No idea if any of the fixtures or fittings were saved before this was done.

CANTAT-3 links to Canada, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Denark and Germany.

Pangea North links to Fanø in Denmark
On Google Earth they can be clearly seen to line up with two rows of large posts either side of the car park, which must have been placed to alert any rogue JCBs to their position.