Cringle Moor Explained

Cringle Moor
Elevation M:434
Prominence M:175
Listing:Marilyn
Location:North York Moors, England
Grid Ref Uk:NZ537029
Topo:OS Landranger 93

Cringle Moor (also known as Cranimoor),[1] at 432 m (1,417 ft),[2] is the third-highest hill in the North York Moors, England, and the highest point west of Clay Bank.

The hill is crossed by the Cleveland Way National Trail[3] and is a part of Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, which also passes over the neighbouring tops of Cold Moor, Carlton Moor, Live Moor and Hasty Bank — a section of the walk which Wainwright described as "one of the finest". It is also part of the Lyke Wake Walk.[4]

Just to the west of the summit is the burial mound of 'Drake Howe (Howe is an Old Norse word meaning "burial mound").[5] This Bronze Age burial mound is now a scheduled ancient monument.

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54.4187°N -1.174°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Elgee. Frank. The Moorlands of North-Eastern Yorkshire: their natural history and origin. 1912. A Brown & Sons. London. 234. 776748510.
  2. North York Moors - Western area . OL26 . 2016 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 9780319242650 .
  3. Book: Dillon. Paddy. The North York Moors. 2005. Cicerone. Milnthorpe. 978-1-85284-448-6. 87. 2.
  4. News: Wills. Dixe. Boots, anorak, coffin … the Yorkshire walk with a difference. 28 November 2017. The Guardian. 30 August 2012.
  5. Web site: Reid. Mark. Cringle Moor from Lord Stones' Cafe - Dalesman. dalesman.co.uk. 28 November 2017.