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Little Almscliffe, Stainburn, North Yorkshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 23242 52260 Also Known as: Carving no.555 (Boughey & Vickerman) Little Almias Cliff Crag Archaeology & History When the great northern antiquarian William Grainge (1871) wrote of this place, he told that, “the top … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged Almscliffe Crags, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, english heritage, Fewston, folk-lore, folklore, Forest of Knaresborough, geology, geomancy, Harrogate, heathens, history, Kirkby Overblow, legends, Lindley, neolithic, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, omphalos, paganism, Pannal, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Sandwith Moor, shamanism, Stainburn, Wharfedale
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Staniston Hill, Stainburn, North Yorkshire
Standing Stone (lost): OS Grid Reference – SE 2522 5010 Archaeology & History This long-lost standing stone gave its name to the small hill between the geological giants of Little Almscliffe and Almscliffe Crags, ‘Staniston Hill.’ Described as early as the 13th … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged alignments, Almscliffe, antiquarian, antiquities, archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, astroarchaeology, astronomy, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, Elmet, english heritage, etymology, Forest of Knaresborough, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, place-names, Stainburn, Standing Stones
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