Old Wife's Neck

Map Referance : NZ90060214
54°24'23.63"N 0°36'50.84"W
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The name refers to the obvious shape of the larger stone. It stands near to the old Whitby to Saltergate road which is now all but disappeared under the heather.

The stone is not far from a waymarked route but depending on the time of year and the vegetation it is not obvious unless you are looking for it.

The two stones stand side-by-side at the end of a long earthwork, this consists of three large banks running 780m and spanning approximately 40m. The stones shown are two of seven supposedly extant but due to the bracken growth I could not find the others, it is thought they may have been a precursor to the dyke. Old Wife's Neck stands at only 0.75m.