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Salachary Stones, Kilmartin, Argyll

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

Standing Stones:  OS Grid Reference – NM 8405 0403 Also Known as: Canmore ID 22831 Getting Here Roughly halfway between the staggering standing stone at Kintraw and the farmhouse of Salachary a coupla miles east along the A816 road to Kilmartin, … Continue reading →

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Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 17, 2018 by

Stone Circle:  OS Grid Reference – SE 8719 9338 Getting Here From Pickering, take the A169 towards Whitby. When you get to the Car Park at the ‘Hole-of-Horcum’ – (you can’t miss it), park the car and walk North along … Continue reading →

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Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 16, 2018 by

Sacred Hill:  OS Grid Reference – SE 8731 9377 Getting Here From Pickering, take the A169 towards Whitby. When you get to the Car Park at the ‘Hole-of-Horcum’ – (you can’t miss it), park the car and walk North along the … Continue reading →

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Stone Hill Head, Allerston Moor, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

Standing Stone (missing):  OS Grid Reference – SE 881 947 Archaeology & History A number of standing stones were reported by regional historian Robert Knox (1855) in his antiquarian work of this area, but forestry and vandalism has seen the demise … Continue reading →

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Witches’ Stone, Ratho, Midlothian

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Cup-Marked Stone (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – NT 1273 6973 Also Known as: Canmore ID 50366 Witch’s Stone Archaeology & History This fascinating looking carving (in my personal Top 10 of all-time favourites cup-and-rings in the UK!) was unfortunately destroyed sometime … Continue reading →

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Blackheath Circle, Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Posted on November 19, 2010 by

Ring Cairn:  OS Grid Reference – SD 9433 2543 Also Known as: Frying Pan Circle Roman Barrow Getting Here From Todmorden, take the road to Hebden Bridge (A646) less than half-mile outta town and just as road goes uphill, watch … Continue reading →

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Black Hill Long Cairn, Low Bradley, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Posted on October 22, 2008 by

Cairn:  OS Grid Reference – SE 0092 4756 Also Known as: Black Hill Long Barrow Bradley Moor Long Barrow Bradley Moor Long Cairn King’s Cairn Getting Here Follow the same directions for getting to the Black Hill Round Cairn.  It’s … Continue reading →

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