Ritual and remains

The first people settled in this area around 4,000 years ago and began to bury their dead in round barrows and cairns. Traces of these can be seen in the humps and bumps still visible today. There is evidence to suggest people lived here in the medieval age and there are 19th century farm buildings, which remained inhabited until the 1960s.

A169: a road through time

The Hole of Horcum car park is located along the A169, which runs from Malton until it meets the A171 just outside Whitby. It traces part of an ancient thoroughfare across the North York Moors. Once used for salt trade, it offered passage for travellers long before modern roads.

Even today, it weaves its way through the landscape, acting as an intersection of history, geography and imagination.

Low Horcum Farm buildings

The remains of the former farmhouse of Low Horcum Farm are still visible in the Hole of Horcum. Built in 1811, these buildings are now home to a variety of animals, including a thriving bat population.