Two Structures

big_rob2004 · Post by **big_rob2004** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 7:40 pm

Brunel wrote: Found the Gazebo, I have Geotagged the image.If you download the image from Flickr and use IrfanView ..FREEBIEhttp://www.irfanview.com/ to see it, there is an option to view the image info.... exif data, and there will be an extra "button" to view the location in Google Earth.http://snipurl.com/v4nhhOr view the image on Flickr and use the Flickr maphttp://snipurl.com/v4njl glad you found the gazebo... i just downloaded the irfanview but when i tried to with exif data it said it didnt work. any chance you could upload a screenshot of google with the location

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 7:46 pm

If you copy and paste the reference below into Google Earth search bar, it will locate it. 53 50 5.31N 1 29 17.46W

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 8:44 pm

Brunel wrote: Found the Gazebo, Well done! In the grounds of Elmet Hall.Anyone know which toffs lived there????

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 9:38 pm

Elmete Hall can be seen here: http://snipurl.com/v4pr6 53 50 1.41N 1 29 14.05W And the original owners: http://snipurl.com/v4pu4 53 50 2.42N 1 29 13.45W

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Sun 28 Mar, 2010 11:56 pm

Brunel wrote: Elmete Hall can be seen here: http://snipurl.com/v4pr6 53 50 1.41N 1 29 14.05W And the original owners: http://snipurl.com/v4pu4 53 50 2.42N 1 29 13.45W Thank you as always.......

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Mon 29 Mar, 2010 8:51 am

Just a wee thought, could the structure at Roundhay having any relationship to the summer house apparently belonging to Roundhay Lodge shown on the 1851 1:10,560 First Series?See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapshe ... =131&y=150

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Mon 29 Mar, 2010 11:15 am

summer house apparently belonging to Roundhay Lodge shown on the 1851 1:10,560 First Series?Could be, it is very close, given the margin for error when reading GPS cordinates.I have converted my GPS readings and the enclosed picture shows the green marker arrow at the "Gazebo/summer house in relation to the present buildings.

big_rob2004 · Post by **big_rob2004** » Mon 29 Mar, 2010 1:19 pm

Brunel wrote: If you copy and paste the reference below into Google Earth search bar, it will locate it. 53 50 5.31N 1 29 17.46W Christ I was a long way out with where I thought it was. Glad it has been found tho and im clearly not going mad lol

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 29 Mar, 2010 5:38 pm

blackprince wrote: Brandy wrote: Warning to anyone taking a look around the old caravan park because theres deep open manholes dotted around there and some of them have 'boobytrap' like boards placed over them.And when i say deep im talking 4-5 mtrs!I was up there metal detecting(proper anorak me lol)just before xmas and i very nearly fell right down one of them.There was also some live high voltage cables that had been left open to the elements but these have now been made safe.I will tell you what i did find up there by the way some large caliber anti-aircraft shells(around where the red X is)so my guess is there must have been a big AA gun up here. I think you have identified it correctly as a heavy AA gun site.The layout looks similar to features in known HAA sites Compare it with these on Canvey Islandhttp://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=40014&content_parents=48,79Also the one in the photo - where each gun emplacement resembles the sun shaped feature on the Google Earth photo. What would an AA gun have been protecting there?Were troops still stationed on Soldiers Field in WW2? Or was the Blackburn Aero factory still in use then?Whilst the site is one of the higher points on this side of Leeds, it seems a bit puzzling at first thoughts..

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Mon 29 Mar, 2010 8:08 pm

raveydavey wrote: What would an AA gun have been protecting there?Were troops still stationed on Soldiers Field in WW2? Or was the Blackburn Aero factory still in use then?Whilst the site is one of the higher points on this side of Leeds, it seems a bit puzzling at first thoughts.. My dad joined the territorials in the Leeds Rifles and when war broke he learned to be a gunner at the AA gunsite "Wellington Hill". After that he went to the RWAFF and trained west african artillery regiments before going to Burma.I do not know the exact location of that AA gun site - hardly likely to show on any maps!! - but Wellington hill is basically the hill that rises up from wetherby road until the plateau at Red Hall is reached.Elmet Hall and Wellington Hill gun site may be one and the same??As has been said about the hall, it looks over Leeds so maybe the Gunsite also looked over leeds from the northern approach. I think there was also an AA gun emplacement at Stourton.I am struggling here, but maybe the trick was to catch them flying in to the city or out. AFAIK Leeds was often bombed by planes with bombs left, going back to europe after visiting Newcastle or maybe Lancashire too.My mums house windows in central leeds were put through after a bomb exploded nearby.....