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Multi-periodSite Name: Black Nab Marker Stone (Ainthorpe / Danby Rigg)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.75 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Village: Ainthorpe
Map Ref: NZ7075806649
Latitude: 54.450318N Longitude: 0.91025W
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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One of two remaining marker stones (three if you include the standing stone) on the route across the rigg known as Old Wife's Stones Road from Little Fryup Dale to Ainthorpe.
This one towards the Ainthorpe end of the route located on what old OS maps call Black Nab. It is now slightly to the west of the path, as the path has moved eastward over time. The other remaining marker stone is towards the Little Fryup Dale end of the route and on this website is called Danby Rigg Marker Stone (Crossley Gate) where more information can be found. Old OS maps as recently as 1952 show a marker stone at NZ 70999 06100, this is on top of the eastern end of the rigg just before the descent into Little Fryup Dale, this is no longer extant.
Along the route about 80 metres south of the Black Nab marker stone is a Ring Cairn with Standing Stone, of which more information can be found HERE. Whilst a standing stone in its own right it also acts as a marker stone. Incidently this standing stone in various publications in the past has been incorrectly named as the Old Wife's Stones which gives its name to the path. The Old Wife’s Stones (of which only one is now extant) are on the eastern scarp of the rigg in Little Fryup Dale and more information can be found HERE
Pastscape also has information on Black Nab marker stone where it is listed as Monument 1228505
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