The fields and meadows below Carr Ridge are seen when looking north east from Urra. The eastern border of Carr Ridge is ringed to its west by a steep outcrop of sandstone cliffs. Below the outcrop is a brown circular meadow above which are the Cast Hills, an area of lumpy turf covered spoil from disused jet mines. the spoil mounds srtetch around the perimiter of the Moor as far as Clay Bank to the north and Medd Crag to the south.

The ringlet of sandstone outcropping can be seen around the rim of Carr Ridge. Further south (right) the Earthwork known as Billy's Dyke, Cliff Dyke, Urra Moor Dyke or Cromwell's Lines can be seen stretching across the edge of Urra Moor. Cowkill Well and its ghyll is seen cutting through the Earthwork and the disused jet spoil of Cast Hills is seen ringing the lower hills.

The climb from Hagg's Gate (aka Clay Bank Top) to Carr Ridge passes beside heaps of Jet Spoil from the old jet mines. This is an ancient path that was initially referred to in the Rievaulx Chartulary of 1145, the description of which describes the path as "a packhorse track used by smugglers".

A small valley bisects the Moor, through which the Cowklill Well flows, making its way to Bilsdale Beck in the valley below.

From the area of Maiden Crag near the Coast to Coast path the long track forward aims at first towards North Head Gill and Broad Ings, but turns later to attain Round Hill. The moors are being extensively drained around North Head Gill, Broad Ings and Hodge Beck.

Where the Coast to Coast path passes close to the spring from which Cowkill Well issues there is a clear view down the Spring's valley and into Bilsdale. In the background are Hasty Bank and Cold Moor. In the mid-ground, standing alone on the ridge of the valley wall, is the Cheshire Stone (aka the Cheddar Stone), large, solitary and mysterious. There are small rocks clustered around the Cheshire Stone, but not visible here.

The Cheshire Stone is a large sandstone boulder within a group of smaller stones on the top of the perimiter rim of the west wall of Urra Moor. The large Stone has a natural rock basin on top usually filled with water.

The two parallel lines across the image show part of the dyke known as the Urra Earth Work, a prehistoric linear boundary running north-south along the western scarp top edge of Urra Moor. It is 4.4 km long, beginning at Carr Ridge and finishing near Chop Gate. It comprises a single ditch and bank with the ditch on the side of the dale to protect the moor.

Coast to Coast Trail Guide

"Hiking the Coast to Coast" is a digitally enhanced eBook available from Apple Books for all people who have either a Mac, an iPhone or an iPad, and is designed to accompany you on your walk of the Coast to Coast path. The trail guide contains Ordnance Survey maps and other advanced mapping features, step by step directions, hundreds of colour photographs, details of the route, its conditions in different weather and research snippets relating to places of interest along the way.