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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Staups MoorCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.582 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stones
Map Ref: SD95452692
Latitude: 53.738644N Longitude: 2.070459W
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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Standing Stones in Yorkshire (West)
There are nine standing stones in the area around Staups Moor.
Ref 14. SD95700.26969 - Staups Moor A. Its dimensions are: 110 cm high, 150 cm long and 40cm thick. Its declination is 30.25 suggesting it may have marked a major lunar standstill.
Ref 15. SD95668.26969 - Staups Moor B. Its dimensions are: 110cm high, 130cm long and 40cm thick. Its declination suggests it may mark the equinox.
Ref 16. SD95684.26900 - Staups Moor M. Its dimensions are: 90cm high, 100cm long and 40cm thick. Its declination is 29.9 suggesting it may mark a major lunar standstill.
Ref 17. SD95407.26951 - Staups Moor D. Its dimensions are: 60cm high, 90cm long and 30cm thick. Its declination is 29.05 suggesting it may mark a major lunar standstill.
Ref 18. SD95458.26921 - Staups Moor G. Its dimensions are: 40 cm high, 90 cm long and 15 cm thick. Its declination is 24.2 suggesting it may have been a midsummer sunrise marker.
Ref 19. SD95508.26827 - Staups Moor I. Its dimensions are: 45 cm high, 80 cm long and 15 cm thick. Its declination is -31.1 suggesting it may have been a major lunar standstill marker.
Ref 20. SD95476.26782 - Staups Moor K. Its dimensions are: 220 cm high, 250 cm long and 60 cm thick. Its declination is -14.95 suggesting it may have been a Samain marker.
Ref 21. SD95548.26731 - Staups Moor N. Its dimensions are: 50 cm high, 110 cm long and 30 cm thick. Its declination is 28.6 suggesting it may have been a major lunar standstill marker.
Ref 22. SD95617.26518 - Staups Moor P. Its dimensions are: 60 cm high, 110 cm long and 30 cm thick. Its declination is 16.7 suggesting it may have been a Lughnasa/Beltane marker.
More information on these stones may be found in Dr. David Shepherd's paper Standing for What? Standing Stones in the South Pennines.
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