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Young Ralph is a wayside cross and boundary marker located on Westerdale Moor in North Yorkshire. The monument dates to the medieval period and served the dual function of marking a route across the moor whilst also demarcating territorial or parish boundaries in this moorland landscape. The cross comprises a stone shaft mounted on a base, typical of the wayside crosses erected during the medieval period to guide travellers and assert administrative divisions across open moorland. Such crosses were common features of the Yorkshire moorlands, where they provided both practical navigation and symbolic markers of established boundaries.
Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012891. View the official record →
Young Ralph is a wayside cross and boundary marker located on Westerdale Moor in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012891.
Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012891.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round cairns, one known as Obtrusch, 800m south west of Kneysbeck (7.8 km), Colliery on Rudland Rigg, 825m north east of Bog House (8.1 km), Western of four round barrows known as Three Howes (8.1 km).
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