A well-known landmark on the North Yorkshire Moors. Many years ago if you passed this you would put a penny on the top for the travellers or tramps to take as they went past. This and other crosses on the moors were erected as markers for the monks as they travelled the moor from abbey to abbey.
Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.
When I was stationed at RAF Goldsborough in 1960, The boys and I on 5131 Bomb disposal squadron travelled by some of these crosses; we used to travel daily to Fylingdale moor to clear unexploded munitions left over from the training of artillary practice for the war. This was to assist in the building of the then Golf ball radar early warning station. Geoffrey Powell ex 5131 Bomb Disposal squadron, Goldsborough.