Blue Man-i'-th'-Moss is a standing stone in the
North York Moors
The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a National Park in 1952, through the National Parks and A ...
in northern England.
It lies on Wheeldale Moor on the route of the
Lyke Wake Walk
The Lyke Wake Walk is a challenge walk across the highest and widest part of the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. The route remembers the many corpses carried over the moors on old coffin routes and the ancient buria ...
.
It is a parish
boundary stone
A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. There are several other ty ...
, but is believed to have been standing since pre-
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...
times.
It is tall and has small boulders and stones set in the ground around its base.
The stone is considerably weathered.
Traces of blue paint which once covered the stone can seen in places.
[Dillon, Paddy (2012); ''The ]North York Moors
The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a National Park in 1952, through the National Parks and A ...
: A Walking Guide'', p.237. There is a letter 'E' with a date 1841 engraved on the south face.
A
memorial plaque was cemented at the base of the stone on the south side in 2003
but was subsequently removed in 2016.
References
Megalithic monuments in England
Archaeological sites in North Yorkshire
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