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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:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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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