Blue Man-i'-th'-Moss is a standing stone in the

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in northern England. It lies on Wheeldale Moor on the route of the

Lyke Wake Walk The Lyke Wake Walk is a challenge walk across the highest and widest part of the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. The route commemorates the many corpses carried over the moors on old coffin routes and the ancient bur ...

. It is a parish

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, but is believed to have been standing since pre-

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times. It is tall and has small boulders and stones set in the ground around its base. The stone is considerably weathered. Traces of blue paint which once covered the stone can be seen in places.Dillon, Paddy (2012); ''The

: A Walking Guide'', p.237. There is a letter 'E' with a date 1841 engraved on the south face. A memorial plaque was cemented at the base of the stone on the south side in 2003 but was subsequently removed in 2016.

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Megalithic monuments in England Archaeological sites in North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-struct-stub