Hart Leap stones are supposed to mark the impressive ‘death leap’ of a deer/stag in a hunt.

The stones are 42 feet apart.

This stone high on the moor carries the carving “Rokan Ston”

One explanation i’ve seen is that Roke means fog and it was a guide, but how you would be able to see this in fog is beyond me.

An interesting stone with inscriptions on all four faces, it is said to be medieval cross reused as a guidestone.

Whitby Road

Kirby Road (presumable Kirkby Moorside)

Peathill Road (to the south-west)

Glasdale Road (Glaisdale)
Thomas Harwood
D:1735.

Grey Mare Stone is a natural boulder that has been used as a boundary marker for many centuries. Although I didn’t spot any particular resemblance in shape to a horse.

There are a whole series of dates carved into the rock, 1745, 1774, 1735 RC / RG, 1713, 1799, 1821, 1844 and a much more recent 1979.

There’s also an “Egton” with a backward N

Many of the dates recorded at the same as Swarth Howe Cross which must mark periods of “beating the bounds“

Immediately adjacent to the previous post, this one is a little more eroded.

A Whitby Road side again.

And it looks like another Peckrin (Pickering)

“TH” has also inscribed this one with what looks like a number 73

Ironopolis suggests this is Thomas Harewood of Glaisdale, who inscribed many stones in the area. Some of these are dated in the 1730s, so I suspect this originally carried a date from that decade and the last number has worn away (possibly 1733 if you squint)

This guidestone is set back from the current road and is no longer marked on any Ordnance Survey maps.

One face carries the inscription “Whitby Road”

Another what I read as “Peckrin Road” so most likely a variant spelling of Pickering.

The initials “TH” are also found on on side.