Stony Rigg
Stony Rigg is a ridge in Thornton Rust, Richmondshire District, England. Stony Rigg is situated nearby to the nature reserve Low Gill Moor Wetlands SSSI, as well as near Huker Mire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Addlebrough and Castle Dykes Henge.
Addlebrough
Peak
Addlebrough is a fell in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is 481 m high. Bronze Age inhabitants built homes and enclosures on the fell's southern slopes.
Castle Dykes Henge
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Dykes Henge is a Class I Neolithic henge earthwork in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England, situated between the villages of Aysgarth and Thornton Rust. Castle Dykes Henge is situated 1¼ miles east of Stony Rigg.
Virosidum
Archaeological site
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Virosidum was a Roman fort and settlement situated near to the modern town of Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, England. The site is a Scheduled monument. Virosidum is situated 2 miles northwest of Stony Rigg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton Rust and Cubeck.
Thornton Rust
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornton Rust is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Yorkshire Dales about 2 miles west of Aysgarth, high on the south bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale.
Cubeck
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cubeck is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near Thornton Rust and Worton and in the civil parish of Bainbridge. Metcalfe suggests the name derives from the Old English cu, and the Old Norse bekkr, meaning cow stream.
Yorkshire Dales
Photo: gruban, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Yorkshire Dales are a scenic area of limestone hills and valleys in North Yorkshire in the north of England. Much of the area falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which extends into neighbouring Cumbria and Lancashire.
Stony Rigg
- Type: Ridge
- Category: landform
- Location: Thornton Rust, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.28261° or 54° 16′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.06115° or 2° 3′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C6V7WMQ+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 534116856OpenStreetMap feature
natural=ridge
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