Show on mapJust at edge of Skelton, on the Guisborough side, stands a water trough, presumably for when people were more likely to arrive in the village by horse.
Rather than being a well, it looks like the troughs were fed from a cistern immediately above on the hillside, which still remains despite being missing a door.
The cistern is currently dry, but a pipe is visible coming in from the wall and a couple of tide-marks can be seen on the stones.
Cheers Holmes haha
In the mid-60’s there was a 2nd trough fed by a pipe from the existing trough outside on the roadside. I believe the water supply has been diverted and now flows through a pipe into the Boroughgate field. The water was wholesome, I don’t say potable, but to a small thirsty boy, manna from heaven!