Wheeldale Stones

Map Referance : NZ799001
54°23'22.63"N 0°46'16.77"W
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Six standing stones along a four mile stretch of moorland road. The roman road known as Wades Causeway was supposed to have been built by the local giant Wade. He built the road so that his wife, Bell, could cross the swampy moors to milk her giant cow. Several of the stones have rectangular holes cut into them but it is questionable whether these are an original feature or not since they do not appear to be as weathered as you would expect from an ancient feature.

The tall and slender stone at the south could be older than the others. The third stone from the south is a large flat thin slab that stands face-on to the road and does have a megalithic air about it but again an almost complete lack of weathering on the top and sides indicates that it may be modern as well.

Further south down the road where it passes by the side of the woods on Pickering Moor there are some more stones, a set of three, one of which forms a gatepost and a little further along is another pair in some long grass behind the fence, probably all just old fence posts but pretty none the less.