I then headed across to an Ancient Monument known as Reap's Cross:
This tall thin cross was erected in the 1400s as a way-marker or marker stone for pilgrims and others traversing the high Pennine moors. It is 15 feet high and stands in a rectangular, socketed base stone. The long thin rectangular shaft has chamfered edges to it which tapers away towards the top where there is a notch at either side that once formed a cross-head. But the cross has suffered from damage and when it was broken in two it only stood some 5 feet high, but in 2002 it was restored and re-erected by a team of local people including Mr Graham Walker and Mr Patrick Savage. And what an excellent job they have done with a new section put in place and a steel rod inserted to strengthen the monument. They adhered to the requirements of English Heritage due to the fact that the cross is an ancient monument and grade 2 listed. A plaque on the cross records that it was re-erected in 2002.

Following an initially clear path I navigated across Heptonstall Moor to Hoof Stones Height and on to Sheddon Clough. No time was wasted for this section due to the rain and mist. Passing the Limestone Hushings I continued on the Burney Way back to the car park at Hurstwood.