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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ringstone Edge Alternative Name: Ring of Stones (Barkisland); Wolf Fold (Barkisland); Wolf Stones (Ripponden)Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ripponden Nearest Village: Rishworth
Map Ref: SE0443518251 Landranger Map Number: 110
Latitude: 53.660729N Longitude: 1.934363W
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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BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jan 2002 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Ringstone Edge, Barkisland, Ripponden, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this site together with and image of the 1854 OS map showing the location of the site, an artists impression, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.
The ring cairn is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 47540, the summary of which reads: "A ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones located in improved pasture on Ringstone Edge Moor, Barkisland. The ring cairn survives as a low circular stony bank, 28 metres in diameter. The bank is typically 4 metres wide and 0.1 metre high. Scheduled", adding: "Barnatt includes the site, which he names The Wolf Fold, in his gazetteer of stone circles, and suggests that the site could have been an embanked stone circle, despite its present appearance as a damaged ring cairn. He notes that the bank is unusually wide for a ring cairn (c12 metres), and refers to a later, 1775 edition of Watson's book which described the stones as having stood upwards of 3ft above the bank."
This site is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1018559, titled "Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd," adding: "The monument includes a ring cairn located in improved pasture on Ringstone Edge Moor, Barkisland. The ring cairn survives as a low circular stony bank, approximately 28m in total diameter. The bank is typically 4m wide and 0.1m high."
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