Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 13 October 2018

  • Prehistoric cross dyke, Fylingdales Moor

    Prehistoric cross dyke, Fylingdales Moor

    Fylingdales Moor is a huge area of heather moorland owned by the Strickland Estate but managed by the Hawk and Owl Trust as a conservation area using “traditional moorland management techniques”. The moor contains many archaeological features. The largest is this prehistoric cross dyke, three parallel ditches with earthbanks between, 780m long. Often the uniformity…