Fragments of Archaeology and Glimpses of History in the Landscapes of the North York Moors

2. Standing stone and defensive dyke on Castleton-Ralph's Cross-Blakey Ridge road

At 90^o to the road, which follows an ancient track route, and guards across the narrowest part of Castleton Rigg

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Prehistoric standing stone on the road between Blakey Ridge in and Ralphs Cross (or is it just a boundary stone from the 18th-19th century?).

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Prehistoric and historic sites appear in the 'archaeological' landscape there are many historic and ancient churches and other buildings in these towns and villages rich in history in and around the moorland stretching back over 1000 years as well as the tumuli (burial mounds,howes) megalithic standing stone alignments of over 4000 years of very ancient prehistory archaeology in  North Yorkshire

How does radio-carbon dating work?