Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
22 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
54.47023, -1.92611
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Curlew
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Curlew
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Curlew, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2024; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Lapwing, Curlew, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2024; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Variospora flavescens, Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat., Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens +36 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Big Shaggy-moss, Sickle-leaved Hook-moss, Capillary Thread-moss +17 more · last seen 2016
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Moorland Track, Black Hill Gate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham MoorHistoric site800 m→✦Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham MoorHistoric site900 m→✦Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham MoorHistoric site3 km→✦A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham MoorHistoric site900 m→✦A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham MoorHistoric site1 km→✦How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stonesHistoric site1.2 km→ Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Skylark · Golden Plover · Snipe · Red Grouse (scotica) · Curlew +20
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Hawker · Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
- Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2020
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Alder · Yellow Pimpernel · Common Mouse-ear · White Clover +113
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Skylark · Golden Plover · Snipe · Red Grouse (scotica) · Curlew +20
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Hawker · Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2024
- Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2020
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Alder · Yellow Pimpernel · Common Mouse-ear · White Clover +113
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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