Ironstone Industry & Ana Cross loop from Rosedale Abbey — North York Moors National Park

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Ironstone Industry & Ana Cross loop from Rosedale Abbey — North York Moors National Park

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Ironstone Industry & Ana Cross loop from Rosedale Abbey — North York Moors National Park

03:03

10.8km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 6, 2024

Tips

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North York Moors National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.62 km

Sheriff's Pit

Highlight • Structure

Sheriff’s Pit is the remains of an old ironstone mine. It originally opened as a drift mine in 1857 (where a horizontal shaft is driven into the seam) and was …

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6.95 km

The ironstone-rich landscape around Rosedale was totally transformed in Victorian times as demand for iron grew. So valuable was Rosedale Ironstone that 19th-century mine owners made every effort to extract it, even in remote areas.

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8.09 km

Ana Cross

Highlight • Monument

Ana Cross marks the spot of a prehistoric burial mound, a funerary monument from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age. It’s topped by a modern replacement of …

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10.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.76 km

1.52 km

1.49 km

609 m

383 m

100 m

Surfaces

4.02 km

3.45 km

1.93 km

829 m

359 m

283 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Wednesday 14 October

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Comments

September 12, 2024,Ironstone Industrie & Ana Cross Schleife von Rosedale Abbey — North York Moors National Park

The path between km 2.16 and Sherrif's Pit is poorly marked, so we had to look for it ourselves.
We also deviated from the original suggestion between Ann's Cross and the end of the tour, as the original suggestion led through untouched moorland.
In both cases, we would have liked better marking or maintenance of the public hiking trails.
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