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Yorkshire And The Humber

Black Dike Moor

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Scarborough

Glaisdale

Black Dike Moor

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Black Dike Moor

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North York Moors National Park

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Location: Glaisdale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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RichD

December 14, 2025

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Black Dike Moor is best known for its prehistoric pit alignment, a linear series of shallow depressions cut into the moor. These pits are subtle and hard to spot, often marked by changes in vegetation, ferns grow here instead of the usual bracken. Such alignments are thought to date from the Bronze Age or Iron Age, possibly serving as boundary markers, ritual sites, or territorial divisions. Paths are quite easy to follow across the moor and within a few kilometres are standing stones, barrows, and cairns, including Three Howes Rigg, Brown Rigg Howe, and the Nan Stone.

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Elevation 240 m

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Location: Glaisdale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Black Dike Moor

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