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Nanny’s Grave, Steeton, West Yorkshire

Tomb:  OS Grid Reference – SE 022 448 Archaeology & History Until we’ve isolated this site, it’s difficult to suggest an age for it.  It’s an all-but forgotten grave of some sort, last mentioned by John Clough (1886) in his … Continue reading

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Horse Close Hill, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Enclosure / Settlement:  OS Grid Reference – SD 996 504 Also Known as: Cawder Hall Enclosure MNY21002 Scheduled Monument 29151 Getting Here From Skipton town centre follow the A6131 road south, out of town, for less than a mile, and … Continue reading

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

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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Black Hill Round Cairn, Low Bradley Moor, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Cairn:  OS Grid Reference – SE 008 475 Also Known as: Black Hill Cairn Bradley Moor Round Cairn Queen’s Cairn Getting Here Various ways here.  Best is probably taking the footpath onto Farnhill Moor a few hundred yards east of Kildwick … Continue reading

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Hitching Stone, Keighley Moor, West Yorkshire

Legendary Rock:  OS Grid Reference – SD 98665 41698 Getting Here The easiest way to get here is via Cowling – though you can approach the place via moorland roads from Sutton-in-Craven, Oakworth and Keighley, but Cowling’s the closest place (so … Continue reading

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Hamblethorpe, Low Bradley, Skipton, North Yorkshire

Standing Stones:  OS Grid Reference – SE 00303 47622 Getting Here Take the single-track country lane between Farnhill and Low Bradley until you reach Hamblethorpe farmhouse.  Where the birch woodland is on the slope going uphill, the field on the … Continue reading

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