Six Tombstones South of Gatehouse to Skelton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. Tombstones.
Six Tombstones South of Gatehouse to Skelton Castle
- WRENN ID
- over-arch-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP: Luke Myer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tombstones
- Address
- Six Tombstones South of Gatehouse to Skelton Castle, Marske Lane, Skelton and Brotton
- OS grid reference
- NZ 651 193
- Coordinates
- 54.56476, -0.99319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of six tombstones for dogs, dating from the late 19th century and early 20th century, is located south of the gatehouse to Skelton Castle. These tombstones are made of sandstone and have a round-headed design, measuring approximately 30 cm by 40 cm by 5 cm. Each stone is inscribed on the south face with the name of the dog and its dates, including "NELLIE," "CORRIE," "MOKA 1899-1910," "GILLIE," "ROCK," and "KEEPER 1890-1901," "1890," and "1902-1906."
Local climate
Six Tombstones South of Gatehouse to Skelton Castle receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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