Wolf Cleugh by drone. Rookhope, Co Durham. Abandoned places UK.

[@archae0geek]

You seem to be documenting my family, John! My 6x great-grandfather Anthony Maddson died at Wolf Cleugh in 1771. It's fascinating to think that such an idyllic location today, would then have been a polluted industrial landscape, surrounded by spoilheaps. Another very moving piece of footage. Thank you.

[@assessorjohn]

Thanks again, after posting this video I was contacted by a distant relative of the Clementson family who had lived there, some of them left to mine for gold in Australia. Now I have another bit of history about the place, just wonderful! If you're on Facebook you should join 'We Love Weardale' and 'Weardale through time', lots of history for you on there and maybe some connections.