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A Guide to Stone Circles (New Edition), Aubrey Burl

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<< Text Pages >> Yeavering Bell Stone Circle - Stone Circle in England in Northumberland

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Yeavering Bell Stone Circle
Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NT918270  Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.536652N  Longitude: 2.131481W
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
1 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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Possible Stone Circle in Northumberland. Reported in
( 1) Northumberland County History NCH, 14, 1935 p 55 (Ed by M H Dodds)
( 2) History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club, H Berwick N C, 19 1903-5 p 161, plan opp p 164 (Francis Lynn, FSA Scot).

English Heritage investigated the site 'briefly' in 2000and state it is the 'Alleged site of stone circle - unquestionably natural boulders and material resulting from field clearance.'
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Re: Yeavering Bell by Anonymous on Monday, 22 February 2010
There is no stone circle at this site - it is however one of the larges hill forts in the North!
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Re: Yeavering Bell by coldrum on Monday, 29 June 2009
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Pastscape:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=3089
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    Re: Yeavering Bell by Andy B on Thursday, 29 March 2012
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    ...which says "Alleged site of stone circle - unquestionably natural boulders and material resulting from field clearance. "

    Between December 1999 and March 2000, English Heritage carried out a detailed field investigation of the Iron Age hillfort on West Hill. More details are on the Pastscape page
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Re: Yeavering Bell by Ethelwulf on Sunday, 20 August 2006
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I often climb Yeavering bell - at one time it was known as the 'city in the hills' - the sacred twin summit mountain, of the pre-Roman tribes that iahabited this area about 500BC - to the Roman occupation.

Excellent massive stone embankments encircle the twin summit of the Bell. The quiet stones, look down upon the meadow where the Anglo-Saxon town of Yeavering - also, slightly confusingly, called Gefrin by the Anglo-saxons, after the same Celtic name for their hill fort. They did this to honour the disappeared tribe, who had built this great hillfort and town so high above them almost a millennia earlier.

A wonderfully atmospheric area. Both low lying Germanic township site, and high Celtic ruins - are usually empty and only the Northumbrian winds blow through the ancient ruins now....
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