Robin Hood’s Grave lies within a shallow rocky dell on Crosby Ravensworth Fell, close to a finger of Hazel Moor Woodland crossed by the Coast to Coast route. The cairn stands about 100 yards south of the woodland edge and consists of a loose pile of limestone stones roughly one metre high. Though modest in appearance, it has long been associated with local traditions linking the site to the legendary outlaw Robin Hood.

Historical descriptions of Robin Hood’s Grave suggest that the monument was once considerably larger than it appears today. Writing in 1857, Jeremiah Sullivan described the grave as an oblong mound, a description repeated by John Salkeld Bland in 1860, who recorded dimensions of approximately seven yards by three. The present cairn is much smaller, despite a long-standing local custom requiring those gathering nuts in Hazel Moor to add a stone each time they passed the grave, a tradition said to honour the legendary outlaw’s resting place.

Hazel Moor Wood lies a little over 100 metres north of Robin Hood’s Grave, where the shallow dell containing the cairn continues into the woodland. This secluded wood marks the source of the River Lyvennet, which rises here as Lyvennet Beck before beginning its journey eastwards through the Westmorland countryside. The woodland occupies a sheltered valley, or dell, a term traditionally used to describe a small wooded hollow or tree-lined valley.

Robin Hood’s Dell is crossed by the Coast to Coast path where it passes through the southern boundary wall of Hazel Moor Wood. Looking south from the crossing, the shallow rocky hollow can be seen continuing across Crosby Ravensworth Fell towards Orton, some two miles distant. Walkers need venture only a further 50 metres north from the crossing to reach Robin Hood’s Grave, whose small cairn stands just beyond the first bend in the dell, hidden from view until the path draws close to the woodland edge.