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There seems to be little information about this feature on historical websites. Green Howe is most probably a bronze age burial cairn, whilst the stone is undated and merely referred to as a boundary stone. No idea why there should be a... (more)

Track crossing Noon Hill on Black Moor.

Boundary Marker in parish of Hawnby (Ryedale District), Blisdale West Moor, East of footpath. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: YN_HAWN07bm

Inscribed 'A' on the one side 'CD' on the other. The 'CD' signifies for Charles Duncombe (later Earl of Feversham) and the 'A', the Marquis of Ailesbury.

This section of moorland is where Arnsgill starts, the dip in the moor to the right is where the spring surfaces and it flows down to join the River Rye.Bilsdale TV mast is on the horizon.

Fallen Estate Boundary Marker on Whorlton Moor 1020 metres southwest of Green Howe. On the former boundary of Snilesworth and Whorlton parishes, since 1986, Hawnby and Whorlton parishes. Other stones on this boundary are inscribed M and A... (more)

The stones are close to an estate road and bridleway, also not far from a local high point - Green Howe. The taller stone is clearly a boundary stone; the near face of it is cut with the capital letter 'M', the far side has a... (more)

I am always fascinated by the history of a landscape. Imagining what an area looked like in times long past. 18,000 years ago, in what the geologists call the Late Devensian Period, this view of Scugdale would have been a lake with the... (more)

Looking north towards Raisdale.

Go to almost anywhere on the North York Moors and somewhere on the skyline there will be at least one round barrow. More likely you will be able to spot a dozen or so. The archaeologists tell us 541 of them have been recorded. Marked in... (more)

Industrial Tees Valley in the distance