Much of the old cobbled road that used to lead to Ellowes Hall from the top of Moden Hill still remains, the 1/4 mile route, once lined with Elm, is now a little overgrown but still a popular public footpath, the wooded area was known locally as 'The Rookery' and no doubt a rookery existed here at some time.

Underneath The Ellowes northern approach coach road were three underpasses allowing the locals to cross underneath the drive unseen by the gentry.
Steps down to the passageways and were called 'the steppings', the twenty-four steppings was the deepest underpass and was situated towards the bottom of the driveway, having twelve steps down and twelve back up the other side (see below).
As the carriageway rises towards the north gateway, less tunnelling was required to go under the roadway thus the sixteen steppings was situated further up the drive, the six steppings were positioned about halfway towards the top of the drive.
These 'steppings' have long since been filled in and there is no access nowadays, but remains of the old stone-arched entrances of two of the lower steppings can still be located in the undergrowth alongside the edge of the drive.

The above pictures show the 'twenty four steppings' archway in its present state with modern housing built nearby, now almost completely buried and hidden in the undergrowth, the steps down through are completely buried and the passageway is permanently filled-in, it was substantially built of local stone.