Category Archives: Brigantia (Northern England)

To search for any sites in the northern counties of England (previously known as Brigantia), click on the list of relevant counties, below. Please note that not all these english counties were truly in Brigantia, but they came close to its southern edges; and as parts of them tickle the edges of the southern Pennines, I thought they should be included. Hope that’s OK with everyone!

Flat Howe (1), Sleights Moor, Sleights, North Yorkshire

Posted on November 14, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – NZ 85483 04866 Also Known as: Flat Howe (north) Getting Here Along the A169 road that runs may miles from Whitby to Pickering, as you go through the small town of Sleights, the road gets … Continue reading →

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Clowder (1), Arncliffe, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 11, 2019 by megalithix

Enclosures: OS Grid Reference – SD 9165 6968 Also Known as: Clouder Getting Here To the right of The Falcon Inn across from Arncliffe village green is a trackway called the Monk’s Way. Walk up here for about 450 yards … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arncliffe, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, enclosures, England, english heritage, Iron Age, Malham, medieval history, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, settlements, walling, Yorkshire Dales | 1 Comment

Heygate Stone, Baildon, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 10, 2019 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 15942 40187 Archaeology & History This excellent cup-and-ring marked petroglyph was found fortuitously in September 2001 by the land-owner at Near Hey Gate field to the northeast of Baildon village. He was clearing … Continue reading →

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Cloven Hoof Well, Shipley Glen, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 10, 2019 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 12839 39331 Also Known as: Raygate Well Getting Here On the roadside at Shipley Glen, from Brackenhall Circle walk up for about 250 yards, where you’ll notice the land dips as it drops … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon, devil, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, geology, Gilstead, healing wells, Holy Wells, place-names, Saltaire, Shipley Glen, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Lower Headley Farm, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 2, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 099 321 Archaeology & History There are no longer any remains of the prehistoric burial site that once stood in one of the fields by Lower Headley Farm. We don’t know whether the … Continue reading →

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Holy Well, Baildon, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 1, 2019 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 1609 3961 Archaeology & History This site is all but unknown to the great majority of folk in Baildon, and even some of the local historians have let it slip from their … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon, black dogs, England, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing wells, Holy Wells, medieval history, sacred sites, shipley, traditions, water, West Yorkshire | 6 Comments

Gawk Hall Stone, Middleton Moor, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 1, 2019 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 13004 53097 Getting Here Probably the easiest route to find this is via the Roman Road from Blubberhouses. Go up Cooper Lane a few hundred yards, turning right (west) on the footpath past … Continue reading →

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St. Peter’s Well, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Posted on May 16, 2019 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 308 336 Archaeology & History This is one of three wells that were dedicated to St Peter in the Leeds district. The first of them, near the city centre, was described by the … Continue reading →

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Horn Bank, Rigton, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 5, 2019 by megalithix

Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 2905 5035 Archaeology & History Upon the top of the old ridge where ran the ancient trackway between Rigton and Pannal, could once be found a multi-period settlement, long since gone – as … Continue reading →

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Briscoe Rigg, Rigton, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 5, 2019 by megalithix

Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — SE 2581 5100 Archaeology & History Highlighted on the 1851 OS-map of the area as a ‘Camp’, all trace of this ancient settlement would seem to have been destroyed. It was already on its … Continue reading →