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Little Marfit Head North Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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Place	Little Marfit Head
Traditional County	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.324866
Longitude	-0.690198
Place Type	Other Settlement

About Little Marfit Head

Little Marfit Head commands an austere, wind-swept prominence where the high moorland grasses bow in perpetual deference to the prevailing northern air. It lies 6.5 miles north-north-east of Pickering (from Pickering: bearing 33°T, OS grid SE 852 929), and is situated north-east of Levisham village. This remote outpost rests firmly within the North York Moors National Park, surrounded by a terrain that speaks of ancient, heavy earth and long-forgotten boundaries. To the west, the profound, amphitheatre-like depression of the Hole of Horcum SSSI draws the eye across a vast, geological silence that has remained undisturbed for centuries. Little Marfit Head shares this rugged horizon with the prehistoric dyke known as Horcum Dike, a linear earthwork that carves a deliberate, melancholic path across the heather. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often casting sharp shadows that reveal the subtle, rhythmic contours of the limestone bedrock beneath the thin soil. Life at Little Marfit Head is defined by this exposure, where the sky claims more of the visual field than the stone or the sparse vegetation ever could. The quietude of the surrounding moors provides a stark, honest backdrop to the enduring resilience of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North York Moors National Park (National Park) — locality lies within · 14k acres
Prehistoric Dyke Known As Horcum Dike (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 283° WNW · 1 ha
Hole Of Horcum Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.4 mi, 281° W · 147 ha
East Toft Dike: A Cross Dyke 720M South And 680M South West Of Little Marfit Head (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 196° SSW · 1 ha
Hole of Horcum Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 0.6 mi, 357° N
Horcum Slack (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 247° WSW
Cross Ridge Dyke Known As Gallows Dike And Three Round Barrows 330M South West Of Glebe Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 346° NNW
Havern Beck (River) — 1.2 mi, 344° NNW
Newtondale Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 260° W · 941 ha
Blakey Topping (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 069° ENE
Dundale Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 246° WSW
Pickering Beck (River) — 1.6 mi, 301° WNW
Needle Point (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 336° NNW
Skelton's Tower (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 270° W
Wilden Moor (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 327° NNW
Ton Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 049° NE
Levisham Church Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 216° SW
Little Arc (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 046° NE
Levisham Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.5 mi, 215° SW
Staindale Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 133° SE
Hagg Wood Marsh (Wetland) — 2.8 mi, 208° SSW
Dalby Forest Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 179° S
Birch Fall (Waterfall) — 4.5 mi, 357° N
Nelly Ayre Foss (Waterfall) — 4.8 mi, 331° NNW
Pickering Castle (Castle) — 6.2 mi, 214° SW
Beck Isle Cottage (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 191° S
Ebberston Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 6.4 mi, 156° SSE · 53 ha
Old Wife's Neck standing stones (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 028° NNE
Beck Isle Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 214° SW
Kirk Theatre (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 213° SSW

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