A possible standing stone.
Stones and earth from the bank.
This site is a real
mess. The stones here are so strewn around that it is almost unrecognisable as
a stone
circle at all and the heavy undergrowth and the covering of birch trees add
to the difficulty of even finding the site. The antiquarian Major Hayman Rooke
recorded two entrances to the north-north-east and south-south-west in the 18th
century but they are hard to find now although there are still traces of an earth
and rubble bank along with much disturbance in the centre where a cairn
was also excavated by Rooke. A rough estimate of the diameter of the bank would
be 8-10 metres. Within this area are several scattered smallish boulders, one
of which could have well have been a standing stone.
The position of the site is interesting despite the destruction and flora intrusions, at this point on the moor the land starts to drop away to the northeast and the site would have once have enjoyed fine views towards Stanton Woodhouse and the River Derwent just beyond.
Glossary Item: Bronze Age
The position of the site is interesting despite the destruction and flora intrusions, at this point on the moor the land starts to drop away to the northeast and the site would have once have enjoyed fine views towards Stanton Woodhouse and the River Derwent just beyond.
Glossary Item: Bronze Age