Archaeological and Historical Society Trods of the North York
Moors: A Gazetteer of Flagged Paths By Chris Evans Foreword by
Graham Lee, Senior Archaeological Conservation Officer, North
York Moors National Park Authority Anyone who has walked on the
North York Moors has come across flagged paths, or trods. Once
commonplace, trods have been fast disappearing since 1900 when
photographers such as Frank Sutcliffe and Tom Watson captured
their ubiquity in villages, along dales and on the moors.
Although archaeologists, cartographers and historians now view
the trods of the North York Moors as an integral feature of the
area’s economic and industrial history, pinning down their exact
locations and history of use has been difficult due to their
destruction in recent times. Based on the author’s extensive
fieldwork and documentary research, this book provides accurate
and up-to-date mapping of the remaining flagstone paths and
charts their likely locations in the past. The author has
identified 19 ‘long’ trods whic