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Modern SitesSite Name: Slape Wath Moor WaymarkersCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Stokesley Nearest Village: Chop Gate
Map Ref: SE6002998645
Latitude: 54.379774N Longitude: 1.077307W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Two Waymarkers one (WM1) at SE 60029 98645 and the other (WM2) at SE 59427 98719 about 0.4 miles to the west. They lie just off to one side of the modern day shooters track that crosses Slape Wath Moor. Originally they will have marked the route which branched off from the Thurkilsti* at STUMP CROSS on Bransdale Ridge. This route which will have followed an ancient trackway went from Stump Cross crossing Slape Wath Moor, then across Tripsdale up onto Nab End Moor then down into Bilsdale and on to Chop Gate via William Beck Farm.
The stones are the NYMNPA HER numbers 22977 (WM1) and 22978 (WM2) respectively which describes them as post medieval waymarkers. I note that historical OS maps show half a dozen or so stones beside the route across Slape Wath Moor even up to 1952 they are still marked, however it would appear that these are now the only two left. See HERE for a view of the 1952 map. When the map opens go to midway extreme right to locate Slape Wath Moor. As to why you would need so many wayfarer stones across this short section of moor and not along the rest of the route, my guess is that the moor may have been very boggy in times past. The word Wath is derived from an Old Norse word meaning Ford.
Note: The prefixes WM1 and WM2 are my designations for the stones.
*Thurkilsti – One of the main north south routes across the moors which will have had its origins in prehistoric times. For a full description of its route see the information provided in the site description for the BRANSDALE WEST GUIDE STONE
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