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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dawson City field - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Yorkshire (West)

Submitted by DavidShepherd on Saturday, 28 October 2006  Page Views: 8892

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dawson City field Alternative Name: Slack Bottom Stone (Heptonstall)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hebden Bridge  Nearest Village: Heptonstall
Map Ref: SD9837428800
Latitude: 53.755559N  Longitude: 2.02614W
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
no data 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
4
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Dawson City Field
Dawson City Field submitted by DavidShepherd : Dawson City Field, Heptonstall. Although incorporated, the axis of the stone is not the same as the orientation of the wall. Overlooks the Hardcastle Crags gorge. SD98377.28807 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Yorkshire (West)

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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Dawson City field
Dawson City field submitted by rldixon : taken 3/5/2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dawson City field
Dawson City field submitted by rldixon : saw this stone on the northern antiquarian site its not too far from me so i thought it needed photographing taken 3/5/2011 (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dawson City field
Dawson City field submitted by PaulDoherty : The stone is just above the footpath immediately after the stile and can be seen from it. To get closer you have to nip over the fence - look for the holly (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SD9828 : Hebden Dale by Steve Partridge
by Steve Partridge
©2008(licence)
SD9828 : Ruined boulder wall in Hebden Wood by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
©2015(licence)
SD9828 : Field gateway on SE side of Draper Lane by Luke Shaw
by Luke Shaw
©2020(licence)
SD9828 : Anthill besides the footpath by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
©2012(licence)
SD9828 : Footpath at the top of Hebden Wood by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
©2012(licence)

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