Tag Archives: Wadsworth

Walshaw Dean, Wadsworth Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 16, 2011 by megalithix

Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – SD 9647 3355 Getting Here The site is usually invisible, being under the waters of Walshaw Dean Middle Reservoir. But in good droughts you can catch a glimpse of the place. So take the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Stone Circles, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairn circle, Calderdale, earth mysteries, english heritage, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, Wadsworth, West Yorkshire, Widdop | 1 Comment

Greenwood Stone, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on November 7, 2011 by megalithix

Boundary Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 01652 28514 Getting Here Follow the directions to reach Churn Milk Joan, the head 100 yards east till reaching the crossing of footpaths, beneath Crow Hill. Take the northern (left) route and keep walking. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Miscellaneous, Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundaries, boundary stones, Calderdale, Chiserley, Hebden Bridge, Luddenden Dean, Midgley Moor, monoliths, Old Town, Standing Stones, Wadsworth, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Standing Stone Hill, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

Posted on July 28, 2011 by megalithix

Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 95355 30184 Getting Here From Hebden Bridge, go up the Heptonstall road, going round the village and onto and through Slack, keeping straight on the road until it goes uphill for a short … Continue reading →

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Robin Hood’s Penny Stone, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on March 10, 2011 by megalithix

Legendary Rock: OS Grid References – SE 01831 28436 Also Known as: Robin Hood’s Pennystone Robin Hood’s Rock Getting Here If you follow the directions to reach the Churn Milk Joan stone, then continue onto the moor following the same directions … Continue reading →

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Churn Milk Joan, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on September 6, 2010 by megalithix

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 →

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Roms Hill, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Posted on October 26, 2008 by megalithix

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 →

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Dove Stones, Widdop Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on October 2, 2008 by megalithix

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 →