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Robin Hood’s Bed, Blackstone Edge, Lancashire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – SD 97204 16356 Getting Here Follow the same directions to get to the Aiggin Stone. Once here, go over the stile by the fence opposite towards the great geological ridge less than half-a-mile south. … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Lancashire, Sacred Nature
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blackstone Edge, boundary stones, creation myths, England, folklore, geology, giants, Lancashire, landscape archaeology, legends, Littleborough, myth, Rishworth Moor, ritual magick, ritual sites, Robin Hood, rocking stones, sacred sites, shamanism, West Yorkshire
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Aiggin Stone, Blackstone Edge, Lancashire
‘Standing Stone’: OS Grid Reference – SD 97329 17069 Getting Here From Littleborough, take the Ripponden and Halifax A58 road up-uphill till you get to the White House pub near the very top. From here, cross the road and walk … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Lancashire, Miscellaneous, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blackstone Edge, boundary stones, Cragg Vale, Crosses, earth mysteries, english heritage, Lancashire, Littleborough, medieval history, milestones, Rishworth Moor, Roman roads, Standing Stones, West Yorkshire
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Churn Milk Joan, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 01912 28365 Also Known as: Saville’s Low Getting Here From the village of Midgley, high above the A646 Halifax-to-Todmorden road, travel west along the moorland road until you reach the sharp-ish bend in … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquities, Archaeology, boundary stones, Calderdale, carvings, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, Hebden Bridge, legends, medieval history, Middle Ages, Midgley, monoliths, moorlands, Mytholmroyd, omphalos, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, sacred sites, shamanism, spirits, Standing Stones, Wadsworth, West Yorkshire
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Cornwell Stone, Salford, Oxfordshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid References – SP 2770 2785 Getting Here Go west along the A44 from Salford village ’til just before the crossroad with the A436. 100 yards before here there’s a small left turn, downhill, past Hollis Hill … Continue reading
Walton Head, Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 30335 49907 Getting Here Along the A61 Harrogate-to-Harewood road, just below the roundabout where the A658 links up, is a small country road that turns towards the lovely village of Kirkby Overblow. If … Continue reading
Roms Hill, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 0080 3261 Getting Here Whether coming from Hebden Bridge or Oxenhope: at the very top of the long uphill road, at the very top where a small radio station sits by the roadside … Continue reading
Picts Cross Stone, Sellack, Herefordshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SO 560 266 Archaeology & History In September, 1928, the old ley-hunter Alfred Watkins was out on one of his many rambles when he “saw a tall stone almost buried in the bank at … Continue reading
Old Bess Stone, Oakworth Moor, West Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 978 389 Getting Here A bittova wander with not much to see, if truth be had. Best way here’s from the top Oakworth Road heading to the Lancashire border, right on the moor-edge. … Continue reading
Water Sheddles Cross, Oakworth Moor, West Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 9711 3826 Also known as: Hanging Stone Standing Stone Waterscheddles Cross Getting Here Pretty easy to find. Go along the Oakworth-Wycoller road, between Keighley and Colne, high up on the moors. When you … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Crosses, Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundary stones, Bronze Age, Crosses, Emmott Moor, english heritage, Haworth, heritage, Keighley, Lancashire, medieval, megalithic, Megaliths, monolith, Oakworth, Oldfield, sacred sites, Stanbury, standing stone, Trawden, West Yorkshire
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Dove Stones, Widdop Moor, West Yorkshire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – SD 9333 3479 Also Known as: Dew Stones Getting Here Get to Widdop reservoir in the hills west of Hebden Bridge and park up. The great rock faces to your right (north) is where you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, West
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundaries, boundary stones, cup-markings, earth mysteries, folk-lore, folklore, Haworth, Heptonstall, Lancashire, legends, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, Wadsworth, West Yorkshire, Widdop, Widdop Moor
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