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Image of High Badger Gate (Ancient Trackway) by Kozmik_Ken

A suspicious wee standing stone. Could either be the remains of a 17th/18th C boundary stone, or possibly a much older standing stone. Very near the point where many of the paths over this moor meet.

Image credit: Andy H
Image of High Badger Gate (Ancient Trackway) by Kozmik_Ken

The track leading from Round Hill towards High Badger Gate on the boundary of Middleton and Denton. The standing stone is a mile stone (or stoop) for Ilkley and Ripon.

Image credit: Andy H

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High Badger Gate

The high path running along the ridge from Round Hill to Ellacar Pike is an ancient trade route above Middleton and Denton Moors. This is supported by a number of boundary stones bearing 18th C ‘D’ and ‘M’ inscriptions when it was still regarded as a significant landmark. One fallen boundary stone is a reused cup marked rock and there are still a number of old milestones around these paths. Both Middleton and Denton Moors contain a number of cup and ring marked stones.

A number of paths meet at High Badger Gate, which is possibly the site of an old market.

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