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St Austin’s Stone, High Hunsley, East Yorkshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – SE 93360 34443 Also known as: St. Augustine’s Stone St Austin’s Rock Folklore The folklorist John Nicholson (1890) wrote about this “block of natural concrete standing at the head of Drewton Dale, near South … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, East
Tagged animism, antiquities, druids, earth mysteries, East Yorkshire, Elmet, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, healing, High Hunsley, Holy Wells, legendary rocks, legends, myth, North Cave, paganism, sacred sites, saints, South Cave, South Newbald, St Austin, traditions
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Rudston Monolith, East Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – TA 09803 67740 Getting Here To get to the monolith travel along the B1253 road to the west of Bridlington for about 5 miles or from York take the A166 in an easterly direction … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, East
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Cursus Monuments, East Riding, East Yorkshire, England, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, Gypsey Race, history, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Rudston, sacred sites, Standing Stones
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Nafferton Slack, Driffield, East Yorkshire
Standing Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TA 040 587 Archaeology & History Information on this stone is sparse and the grid-reference cited is a close approximation of its precise location. And were it not for the records of Victorian … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, East
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brigantia, Driffield, East Yorkshire, english heritage, faerie, fairies, folklore, legends, little people, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, Nafferton, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Standing Stones
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