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Wade's Causeway

Wheeldale Moor, North York Moors

A road across the moors, said to have been built by a giant.

A mile-long stretch of stone road crosses Wheeldale Moor. Local legend says it was built by the giant Wade and his wife, who used it to drive her cow to market.

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When
Debated
Where
54.3700, -0.7200
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

Free access from a lane near Goathland. Stick to the paths on the moor.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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