Blakey Topping standing stones
One of the stones
LocationNorth York Moors
Coordinates54°19′43″N 0°39′39″W / 54.3286°N 0.6607°W / 54.3286; -0.6607
Blakey Topping standing stones is located in North Yorkshire
Blakey Topping standing stones
Location of Blakey Topping standing stones in North Yorkshire

Blakey Topping standing stones is a small group of standing stones near the Hole of Horcum in 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 1.9 metres high and is much-weathered and leaning. A second stone is 1.0 metres high and appears to have had its top broken off. A third stone is 1.3 metres high but has been roughly squared off and is currently being used as a gate post. A fourth stone, 1.4 metres 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 17 metres in diameter. Alternatively, the stones may have formed part of a curving alignment or possibly two parallel rows.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Monument No. 63004". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 November 2013.


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