Blakey Topping standing stones
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Blakey Topping standing stones is a small group of standing stones near the Hole of Horcum on the North York Moors. It sits at the foot of Blakey Topping hill.[1]
There are at least four standing stones currently surviving in this group, although some of them are of uncertain status. The tallest stone is 6 feet high and is much-weathered and leaning. A second stone is three feet high and appears to have had its top broken off. A third stone is 4 feet high but has been roughly squared off and is currently being used as a gate post. A fourth stone, 5 feet high, is found in an old field bank and is much-weathered and leaning. A fifth standing stone may exist, and two or three hollows in the ground may indicate the former position of other stones.[2]
The stones may be the remains of a stone circle of about 56 feet in diameter. Alternatively, the stones may have formed part of a curving alignment or possibly two parallel rows.
- Location map: 54°19’43"N, -0°39’39"W
References
- ↑ Julian Cope (1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. Thorsons Pub. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-7225-3599-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=PbNgQgAACAAJ. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 63004 – @