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Clowder (1), Arncliffe, North Yorkshire
Enclosures: OS Grid Reference – SD 9165 6968 Also Known as: Clouder Getting Here To the right of The Falcon Inn across from Arncliffe village green is a trackway called the Monk’s Way. Walk up here for about 450 yards … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arncliffe, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, enclosures, England, english heritage, Iron Age, Malham, medieval history, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, settlements, walling, Yorkshire Dales
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Arncliffe, Littondale, North Yorkshire
‘Carved Stone’: OS Grid Reference – SD 93 72 Archaeology & History This is a frustrating site entry. Not only do we not know where it is, this carving is not listed in any of the modern books on British petroglyphs, … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arncliffe, Bronze Age, carvings, earth mysteries, english heritage, Littondale, neolithic, North Yorkshire, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales
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Batty Wife Hole, Ribblehead, North Yorkshire
Ring Cairn (lost): OS Grid Reference – SD 7622 7895 Getting Here The great Yorkshire historian Harry Speight (1892) gave the directions for this place, which I’ve not located. On his walk down the southern side off Whernside, he told … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairn circle, Chapel-le-Dale, earth mysteries, heritage, Iron Age, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Ribblehead, sacred sites, Stone Circles, Whernside, Yorkshire Dales
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Lantern Holes, Bordley, North Yorkshire
Settlement: OS Grid Reference – SD 953 656 Getting Here Follow the same directions to get to Bordley’s Druid’s Altar circle. Where the little rough car-parky-bit happens to be by the cattle-grid, look up the sloping field where the wall … Continue reading
Apronful of Stones, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – SD 80652 66193 Also Known as: Scar Pasture Getting Here Paul, Danny and I came here via the Feizor village route, zigzagging about, to and fro, seeing the other old sites in the region; but … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, creation myths, death, devils, earth mysteries, Feizor, folk-lore, folklore, giants, legends, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Settle, Stackhouse, Stainforth, tombs, Yorkshire Dales
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