Batty Wife Beck, Ribblehead

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iBase ID

268377

Reference identifier

ECL20140610031

Title

Batty Wife Beck, Ribblehead

General notes

Batty Wife Beck appears from the photograph to be a marshy area to the south of the Ribble head viaduct. It is no longer identifiable. However there was a description by the well- known Yorkshire historian Harry Speight in 1892. A Batty Wife Hole, he said, was a ring of stones on his walk down the south side of Whernside near Winterscales. Archaeologists have searched and failed to find it.

Medium

Glass slide, positive

Original image size

7.3 x 4.78

Year of image

c1900

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Locator

Box R RX/14

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