Travelling into Sheffield on the A61 Dronfield by-pass tonight I noticed a peculiar road sign for the first time.

It was a red triangle, with a picture of a deer in the middle, and a warning that such animals were liable to cross the carriageway for the next four miles.

So I tripped the distance from the sign and the four miles ran out just short of the Meadowhead roundabout!

Has anyone ever seen deer roaming about Jordanthorpe or Batemoor? Thought not.

I've never been aware that deer were present in Monk Wood or around the Hallowes Golf Club, so what's the sign all about?

Can anyone enlighten me?

This can't be Sheffield's oddest road sign. What are your nominations?

Originally posted by dishwasher
This can't be Sheffield's oddest road sign.
No it can't...

...because it's in NE Derbyshire.

Originally posted by dishwasher
So I tripped the distance from the sign and the four miles ran out just short of the Meadowhead roundabout!

I do hope you were still paying attention to the road and everything around you instead of staring at your dashboard for 4 miles :hihi:

Lack of concentration can cause bad things to happen... You could have hit a poor old dear :(

Actually, I was once in the Magpie pub at Lowedges when David Attenboprough walked in for a pint with his film crew.

We got talking to him and he said they were attempting to film the extremely rare Jordanthorpe Deer for a new documentary.

He said they were so rare, none had ever been seen.

Isn't there a 'cattle crossing' warning triangle on Bochum Parkway? Is that still valid?

Originally posted by Strix
Isn't there a 'cattle crossing' warning triangle on Bochum Parkway? Is that still valid?

Nope don't think so - a mate owned the farm but it's been derelict for years now.

Originally posted by dishwasher
Travelling into Sheffield on the A61 Dronfield by-pass tonight I noticed a peculiar road sign for the first time.

It was a red triangle, with a picture of a dee


Dishwasher, you were obviously in Chesterfield, if 4 miles from meadowhead, the sign was [warning dee dars]

In derbyshire they call us dee dars

:cool: :thumbsup: :clap:

All I can tell you is that there are some lovely Old Dears round Jordanthorpe----Meersbrook as well , come to that.

Quite a coincidence seeing this post.

I walk regularly through the woods anywhere from Bradway, Beauchief, Dronfield, Unstone, Cordwell Valley etc. with my border collie and can confirm early morning last November I spotted a small deer quite close to the by-pass which promptly disappeared into the undergrowth.

I'm not sure what particular type of deer this was but it certainly was a deer. I know that there are deer kept at Beauchief Hall and I spoke to a chap who had seen an escapee from this herd in Poynton Woods (Bradway) but the one I saw was a much smaller deer. I've since found that in likelihood it was a Muntjac Deer - see extract below from website

Muntjac Deer
(Muntiacus reevesi)

The Reeves Muntjac was introduced to Woburn Park in Bedfordshire by the eleventh Duke at the turn of the century, escaping into the surrounding countryside in the 1920's. They originate from China and are now the smallest deer living in the wild in Britain, populating approximately two thirds of England. A secretive animal, preferring to live in low shrubby areas, occasionally finding suitable habitat in large gardens. Territorially minded, often solitary, but may be seen in family groups of three or four. Their food includes various types of leaves, flowers, fruits, nuts, seeds, bark and grasses.


So perhaps the sign is graphically correct although it's actual warning is generally for "wild animals" and foxes, badgers etc are very common in this neck of the woods!

Originally posted by fnkysknky
Nope don't think so - a mate owned the farm but it's been derelict for years now.
Well that would explain the faded sign then. It was certainly there three years ago, with no sign of any cattle

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Actually, I was once in the Magpie pub at Lowedges when David Attenboprough walked in for a pint with his film crew.

We got talking to him and he said they were attempting to film the extremely rare Jordanthorpe Deer for a new documentary.

He said they were so rare, none had ever been seen.

I hope you told David that as he couldn't find any deer on Jordanthorpe and he'd obviously had no luck on Batemoor it was a waste of time him coming onto Lowedges as any deer coming on to that estate would of been eaten. There again on Batemoor they'd of been run over and on Jordanthorpe probably taken in by some little old dear and given a saucer of milk.