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Image of The Old Wife’s Stones Road (Ancient Trackway) by fitzcoraldo

The Old Wife’s Road where it drops down from the rigg into Little Fryup Dale.
Round Hill and the edge of the Fairy Cross Plain are in the upper right hand corner of the picture.
The small river valley behind Crossley House farm has the curious name of Stanch Bullen

Image of The Old Wife’s Stones Road (Ancient Trackway) by fitzcoraldo

The Old Wife’s Road trackway running to the left of the ring cairn & standing stone.
In the distance you can just see the peak of Freeborough Hill poking up over Danby Moor.

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The Old Wife’s Stones Road

The Old Wife’s Stones Road runs across the Rigg from Ainthorpe to Fryup Dale. The modern footpath follows the route but has been moved to avoid damaging some of the monuments on the rigg. The original sunken trackway can still be seen running alongside the ring cairn containing the large standing stone. The route of this trackway and another trackway,Church Way which runs from Danby Church to Fryup, is marked by tall standing stones that are thought to be no earlier in date than medieval.

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