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 a medieval wayside cross, which marks an old moorland crossing. You get lovely views over the moors from this spot. When the heather blooms purple in summer it is especially photogenic.

Michael Tilley

August 10, 2020

Only half a mile or so from two car-parks.

RichD

February 17, 2024

The wayside cross marks a medieval route way across the moor between
Lastingham and the site of Rosedale Priory. A deeply incised hollow way skirts
the western side of the barrow heading towards the modern village of Rosedale
Abbey. The current cross, which at one time was known as Ain or One Howe
Cross, but now more generally as Ana Cross, dates to 1949 when the original
medieval cross was removed to the crypt of Lastingham Church. It was repaired
in the summer of 1998 after its collapse in the winter of 1995. More details at ancientmonuments.co.uk.

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Location: Lastingham, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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