A romantic ruin of Saint Martin's church has been similarly investigated. Best of all is a rare Wolds pond that dates from Saxon times and has been used for fish, sheep washing and for milling corn. I used its clear soft spring-fed water for feet cooling and watched the house martins swoop to pick insects off the surface. Changing owners and evictions played a part, but against the demographic backdrop of a national population shrunk by the Black Death. Such gloomy thoughts were soon dispelled by our route along the top of Deep Dale, a chiselled dry valley with beyond, over a sea of golden wheat, a fabulous Wolds farmstead.
Views are long and good, to the moors and perhaps to the sea.
When in doubt look at the map. Check your position at each point. Keep straight on unless otherwise directed. Stile and left to road. From overflow end of pond, gate and diagonal grassy climb then follow path along top of valley.