<< Our Photo Pages >> Raven Stones (Wheeldale Moor) - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Raven Stones (Wheeldale Moor)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.321 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Pickering Nearest Village: Goathland
Map Ref: SE7859498723
Latitude: 54.377953N Longitude: 0.791525W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Marked on the OS map as Raven Stones, they are in a prominent position overlooking Wheeldale Gill and the plantation marked as Bumble Wood on present day maps.
They consist of several erratics piled in a heap, with one of them when viewed from a certain angle, if you have a good imagination looking like a Ravens Head (or maybe not). They lie just to the north of the route of the LYKE WAKE WALK and when walking west to east along this trail the distinctive shape can be clearly seen standing out above the surrounding vegetation (bracken in summer).
Just thinking aloud: There are quite a few heaps / piles of stones on the NY Moors with the name Stone Rook or similar. FRANK ELGEE tells us that Rook evolves from the old Norse hraukr which means a pile or heap of anything, Rooks and Ravens are all part of the Crow family. Maybe this site name just got convoluted over time eg: hraukr – rook – raven – raven stones, anyway its just a thought.
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