The crosses were set up between the 9th and 18th centuries to mark tracks, boundaries and the routes between abbeys and granges across trackless moor. Most are on the ridges and reached by short walks from lay-bys.
Young Ralph Cross
The tallest, nine feet, beside the Rosedale road at the top of Westerdale Moor, and the symbol of the National Park. Leave a coin on top.
Fat Betty (White Cross)
Half a mile east, a squat medieval cross painted white. Leave a sweet, take a sweet.
Old Ralph
A lonely older cross a few hundred yards west of Young Ralph across the heather.
Lilla Cross
On Fylingdales Moor, the oldest, around 1000, on the barrow of a thane who died saving a king.
Ana Cross
Above Rosedale on Spaunton Moor, a replacement for a medieval original now in Lastingham church.
Mauley Cross
In Cropton Forest near Stape, beside the Roman road line.
Malo Cross
Below the Hole of Horcum at the foot of Blakey Topping, a 17th-century boundary marker.
Cooper's Cross and the Hand Stone
On Urra Moor, the highest point of the moors, beside the Cleveland Way, with a pointing hand carved for lost travellers.
Most are within a mile of a road; Lilla and the Urra Moor stones need a proper walk
