<< Our Photo Pages >> Dawson City field - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Yorkshire (West)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dawson City field Alternative Name: Slack Bottom Stone (Heptonstall)Country: England
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County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hebden Bridge Nearest Village: Heptonstall
Map Ref: SD9837428800
Latitude: 53.755559N Longitude: 2.02614W
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 |
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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 |
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Elevation 257m, Height 170cm, Length 90cm & thickness 50cm
Orientation 345-165, Horizon - level, Declanation 34.2/-35.4 local reference/stellar(?)
More information on these stones may be found in Dr. David Shepherd's paper Standing for What? Standing Stones in the South Pennines. This is standing stone ref 1.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page on this standing stone - see their entry for Slack Bottom Stone, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this stone together with a photograph and a brief archaeology & history. TNA adds: "he stone gets its name from the fact that it’s at the bottom end of Slack village (which is actually called ‘Slack Bottom’ – with a house-sign there above the door to prove it!). It may be part of what was originally some original Iron Age walling instead of an authentic standing stone — tis hard to say really — but it’s a nice stone nonetheless. David Shepherd (2003) named this stone as ‘Dawson City Field’ in his later survey of megaliths in upper Calderdale."
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