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Submitted by kelpie on Tuesday, 31 August 2004  Page Views: 8917

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Old Wife's Neck
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Whitby  Nearest Village: Littlebeck
Map Ref: NZ90060214
Latitude: 54.406758N  Longitude: 0.614021W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by kelpie : The larger stone showing the eponymous profile. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in North Yorkshire.
The name refers to the obvious shape of the larger stone. It stands near to the old Whitby to Saltergate road which is now all but disappeared under the heather.

The stone is not far from a waymarked route but depending on the time of year and the vegetation it is not obvious unless you are looking for it.

The two stones stand side-by-side at the end of a long earthwork, this consists of three large banks running 780m and spanning approximately 40m. The stones shown are two of seven supposedly extant but due to the bracken growth I could not find the others, it is thought they may have been a precursor to the dyke. Old Wife's Neck stands at only 0.75m.

Access is quite difficult unless using the waymarked route, I chose to use the old road but this disappears underfoot and ground is very marshy in places, waterproof footwear is essential.
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Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by AKFisher : Old Wife's Neck, North Yorkshire. Picture credit: Tony Galuidi. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by cavers35 : The Old Wife enjoying the Sun (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by cavers35 : The Earthworks at Old Wife’s Neck looking great in their summer colours (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 – Close up view looking easterly, February 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : This is a view of a section of the dyke at NZ 90128 02148 looking easterly. Taken July 2018 walking along after visiting Old Wife’s Neck and heading to meet up with the track that runs across the moor shown on the map as the Robin Hoods Bay Road (Path). This path is also known by other names (not shown on the map) such a The Old Salt Road, Saltergate and The Fish Road (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 – Looking at the top, where people have been leaving coins. A tradition more commonly associated with wayside crosses, July 2018.

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 – Viewed looking northerly, July 2018

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 – Close up view looking westerly, February 2012

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Historic England tells us that Old Wife’s Neck is located at the southern edge of the dyke complex and towards its western end. Well that’s not strictly correct because that's what we are looking at here. It’s actually at the northern edge of the western end as indicated by the arrow. Photo taken July 2018

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 - Viewed looking easterly, July 2018

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 - Viewed looking westerly, February 2012

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 – Viewed looking south westerly, July 2018

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by johndhunter : Old Wife’s Neck at NZ 90067 02143 – Viewed looking easterly, July 2018

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by Bladup : Old Wife's Neck standing stones.

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by kelpie : The two stones viewed from the east.

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by kelpie : The smaller stone of the pair.

Old Wife's Neck
Old Wife's Neck submitted by kelpie : Old Wife shown face on (2 comments)

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Re: Old Wife's Neck by johndhunter on Monday, 23 July 2018
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Historic England in it list entry of Old Wife’s Neck includes the Cross Dyke that it is within. This is List Entry Number 1019754 and full details and description can be found there.
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