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Round Dikes, Addingham, West Yorkshire

Enclosure:  OS Grid Reference – SE 0552 5013 Also Known as: Round Dykes The Camp Getting Here First highlighted on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map of western Addingham, this large oval embankment sits on the eastern side of Counter Hill, … Continue reading

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Marchup, Addingham, West Yorkshire

Enclosure:  OS Grid Reference – SE 0478 4987 Getting Here Take the A6034 road between Addingham and Silsden and, at the very top of the hill between the two towns, at Cringles, take the small road of Cringles Lane north … Continue reading

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The Carrs, Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Enclosure:  OS Grid Reference – SE 055 299 Also Known as: Rough Carrs Getting Here Troublesome to get to if you don’t know the area. You can get here rom Halifax, up through Highroad Well towards Wainstalls, keeping to the … Continue reading

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Counter Hill, Addingham, West Yorkshire

Earthworks:  OS Grid Reference – SE 051 501 Getting Here You can come from various angles to approach this site, but I reckon the best is from along the old trackway of Parson’s Lane, between Addingham and Marchup.  From Silsden … Continue reading

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Castlestead Ring, Cullingworth, West Yorkshire

Earthworks:  OS Grid References – SE 0515 3627 Also Known as: Blood Dykes Getting Here Dead easy this one!  On the Keighley-Halifax A629 road, about 500 yards south past Flappit Spring (public house), there’s a small road to your right.  … Continue reading

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Holed Stone, West Overton, Wiltshire

Enclosure & Stone:  OS Grid Reference – SU 129 714 Getting Here Follow the same directions to reach the Polisher Stone at the top-end of Overton Down as it meets Fyfield Down. From here, walk down the slope for 100 … Continue reading

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Black Hill Enclosure, Middleton Moor, North Yorkshire

Enclosure:  OS Grid Reference – SE 11757 51949 Getting Here Just below Black Hill in the Middleton Moor Enclosure, little more than 10 yards east of the footpath on the east side of Loftshaw Gill, the slope drops down and … Continue reading

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The Polisher, West Overton, Wiltshire

‘Standing Stone’:  OS Grid Reference – SU 1283 7150 Also Known as: OD II (Fowler) Parsons Penning Stone The Polissoir Getting Here We were graciously guided to this spot by local archaeological authority, Pete Glastonbury — which is good, cos … Continue reading

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North Ring, Mucking, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex

Enclosure (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – TQ 675 811 Archaeology & History This large circular enclosure, measuring about 120 feet across, seemed to be a small settlement with several internal structures (fences, pits, cremations and a sunken-floored structure) that was … Continue reading

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Horncliffe Circle, Hawskworth Moor, West Yorkshire

Circle:  OS Grid Reference - SE 1334 4353 Getting Here Get to the famous Dick Hudson’s pub on the south-side of Ilkley Moor and go east for about 700 yards till you get to Weecher reservoir (posh doods go yachting there).  … Continue reading

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