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Grubstones
The Grubstones () is a stone circle on Burley Moor in West Yorkshire, England. It is believed to be either an embanked stone circle or a ring cairn. Location The Grubstones circle is located on Burley Moor (to the east of Ilkley Moor).James Dyer, (2001), ''Discovering Prehistoric England'', page 230. Osprey Publishing. It is situated below the top of the hill on a gentle south facing slope. The circle is just over 800 metres south-east of the Twelve Apostles, West Yorkshire, Twelve Apostles. South-east of the circle there are several large cairns including ''The Skirtful of Stones''.Timothy C. Darvill, Paul Stamper, Jane R. Timby, (2002), ''England: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600'', page 149. Oxford University Press. Description The circle has a diameter of about 10 metres. It is almost perfectly circular with twenty surviving stones. The stones are set on the inside of a low bank, about 1.8 metres wide. The circle has been described vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelve Apostles, West Yorkshire
The Twelve Apostles () is a stone circle near Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England. Location Located on Rombalds Moor which is found between Ilkley Moor and Burley Moor, the Twelve Apostles are located within the parish of Burley in Wharfedale. The stone circle is slightly below and to the northeast of an east-west ridge at about above sea level. The circle is just over north-west of the nearby Grubstones circle.James Dyer, (2001), ''Discovering Prehistoric England'', page 230. Osprey Publishing. Description The Twelve Apostles consists of the remains of a stone circle with a diameter of about 15 metres.Rodney Castleden, (1992), ''Neolithic Britain: New Stone Age Sites of England, Scotland, and Wales'', page 259, Routledge. The circle originally had between 16 and 20 stones, but it is now reduced to 12 stones. The stones are made from the local millstone grit. All of the stones were fallen by the mid-20th-century and were lying loose upon the ground. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |