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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ringstone Wood (Howden)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.318 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Howden
Map Ref: SE748282
Latitude: 53.744820N  Longitude: 0.867294W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Stone Circle in Yorkshire (East)

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) found reference to this now long lost stone circle (the grid co-ordinates lie underneath Howden Minster and the Bishops Manor House) when it was first described in 1284 in the Calendar of Patent Rolls where is appeared as ‘Ringestainhirst‘ - see their entry for Ringstone Wood, Howden, East Yorkshire.

TNA adds: " ... and then in the Testamenta Eboracensia in 1391, it is mentioned several other times before falling into nothing but literary memory in the middle of the 19th century. We don’t know for sure where the circle was located, though one Latin reference describes it in proximity to a hermitage once known as St. Mary Magdalen’s Chapel at Howden: 'heremitae de Ryngstanhyrste.' The site would likely have been on the highest point in the locality, which may put it where the great church now stands, or perhaps on the more northern and western outskirts of the township. The great place-name authority A.H. Smith (1937) thought that the Ringstone Hurst (woodland) at Howden got its name from a “wood near the circular stone”; but modern etymologists would place a much greater likelihood that the woodland owed its name to the now lost stone circle that was once in this locality."

Note: TNA asks: "Are there any Howden historians reading this who might be able to throw a bit more light on the issue?"
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SE7428 : Howden Minster & Market Cross by DS Pugh
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SE7428 : Howden Minster tower by Paul Harrop
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SE7428 : The churchyard, Howden Minster by habiloid
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SE7428 : Howden Minster churchyard by Paul Harrop
by Paul Harrop
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SE7428 : Howden Minster: The ruined chapter house by Michael Garlick
by Michael Garlick
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