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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dane Head - Marker Stone in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by gritstone on Tuesday, 07 July 2020  Page Views: 1223

Modern SitesSite Name: Dane Head
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Buxton
Map Ref: SK02657036
Latitude: 53.230273N  Longitude: 1.961761W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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
5

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Dane Head
Dane Head submitted by gritstone : Another view of waymarker/standing stone at Dane Head, between Macclesfield and Buxton, Peak District national park. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possibly a toppled standing stone at a key junction alongside some ancient trackways on the high moorland plateau in the Peak District national park, near the Cat & Fiddle road (A537 / A54), between Macclesfield and Buxton.

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Dane Head
Dane Head submitted by gritstone : Toppled waymarker/standing stone on ancient track junction at Dane Head, Peak District. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SK0270 : Road across the moor by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2007(licence)
SK0270 : Peat hags, near Dane Head by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2017(licence)
SK0270 : Minor road on Axe Edge Moor by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2017(licence)
SK0270 : Dane Valley Way - north by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2008(licence)
SK0270 : Dane Head by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
©2012(licence)

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Re: Dane Head by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 07 July 2020
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There are no stones here on the Streetview pictures, dated August 2009, so I suspect that these stones have been placed here since then to stop people driving onto the moors.

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