Eston Nab

A nab is a rocky promontory, and Eston Nab, marking the highest point – at 242 metres – on the escarpment which forms Eston Hills, appears as a clear sandstone cliff on the northernmost edge of Eston Moor [1]. It overlooks the town of Eston, which is part of Redcar and Cleveland [1]. It is the site of Bronze Age burial mounds and an Iron Age hill fort [1]. Frank Elgee, curator of the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, in 1927, uncovered parts of an earthenware cremation urn, together with burnt bone and flint [1]. These possibly dated from 1800 BC [1]. There was a substantial Iron Age hill fort at Eston Nab [1]. Boulder walls and ditches are still visible even though they were built in around 700 BC [1].