The plank bridge over Bagger Wood Dike - located between the Water Pit and the Cattle-bridge.

Close by the bridge is a rare junction between 4 or 5 footpaths; the remains of a square structure; a stile over an animal proof fence; some concrete fence posts; and 2 or 3 of the mysterious and iconic 'B 1' stones. Here is what they each are.

The concrete fence posts were put there by contractors - who restored the field that they enclosed - after 'outcropping' work was done about 1940 to 1950. They are unique to the area.

The track / footpath leading from where the cattle-bridge once stood [it has been gone since soon after the nearby 'Levy Pit' closed down.] once led to a ford of the dyke used by tractors and cattle.

The overgrown square structure well above the level of the dyke is all that remains of a very simple cottage, vacated by the elderly female occupant around the time that the Gilroyd Old Peoples community was built [in the late 1960's]. The lady's name was Mrs Yates. There was no mains water to the property, so Mrs Yates collected her daily supply from a cold water tap that was located in the corner of a prominent field close to Lowe Wood. The site of her cottage is now protected by Hawthorne bushes.

The B1 stones are dealt with elsewhere in this blog.

The main footpath from Hood Green to Dodworth ran by the cottage, then over the Huskar Stream / River Dove via the footbridge [built when there was a reservoir in the area]. This is probably a very old footpath.

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