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<< Our Photo Pages >> Apron Full of Stones - Ring Cairn in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 23 August 2010  Page Views: 6907

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Apron Full of Stones
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ring Cairn

Map Ref: SD709787
Latitude: 54.203215N  Longitude: 2.447601W
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.
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no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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markj99 visited on 6th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 There is a convenient lay by c. 100ft WNW of Apron Full of Stones at SD7065578918. If Kingsdale Beck is in spate there is a bridge c. 200ft N of a lay-by at SD7023078010. The cairn is c. 0.5 mile walk by the river from this point. Apron Full of Stones is a much reduced cairn however there is sufficient original structure to suggest how impressive it would have been in its low lying landscape. The proximity of Yordas Cave is a bonus.

Apron Full of Stones
Apron Full of Stones submitted by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein : Apron Full Of Stones ring cairn. Very obvious placement facing the gorge that contains Yordas cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This romantically named site is a large ring cairn of gritstone and sandstone boulders perched on the eastern edge of Kingsdale Beck. It was excavated in 1972 and a cremation burial was found with no grave goods. Two further possible grave pits proved to be empty. The structure of the cairn is simple and of a single period with a boulder kerb.

The stones forming the body of the cairn are graded in size with the larger stones towards the base of the structure. The use of gritstone and sandstone is unusual since the site stands on limestone. Construction of the monument seems to represent clearance of glacial stone deposits scattered over a considerable area, perhaps as part of farming activity. A small collection of flints suggested an early Bronze Age date. The low-lying location has led at least one archaeologist to suggest that it is not a cairn at all, but a small henge. The revetment wall below the cairn was built by the National Park Authority to prevent further stream erosion.

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Apron Full of Stones
Apron Full of Stones submitted by MonumentMan : The Yordas Cave standing stone looking across Kingsdale Beck towards the Apron Full of Stones Cairn/Henge (seen to the right of Yordas stone). Ritual/symbolic placement of the Cairn must be considered given alignment of the Yordas gorge/cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apron Full of Stones
Apron Full of Stones submitted by MonumentMan : Looking North over the southern flank towards Kingsdale Head (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apron Full of Stones
Apron Full of Stones submitted by MonumentMan : The interior hollow looking due south down Kingsdale valley, the western flank is truncated by the river and once stood at over 3m (Vote or comment on this photo)

Apron Full of Stones
Apron Full of Stones submitted by MonumentMan : The eastern flank entranceway into the Ring Cairn/Henge looking due West to Yordas Wood and Cave (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SD7078 : Apron Full of Stones by Dave Dunford
by Dave Dunford
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SD7078 : The Apron Full of Stones cairn, Kingsdale by Karl and Ali
by Karl and Ali
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SD7078 : Thornton Lane by Chris Heaton
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SD7078 : Benchmark on gatepost opposite Yordas Cave, Kingsdale by Roger Templeman
by Roger Templeman
©2011(licence)
SD7078 : Gateway opposite entrance to Yordas Cave, Kingsdale by Roger Templeman
by Roger Templeman
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Re: Street View of Apron Full of Stones by markj99 on Sunday, 11 April 2021
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There is a convenient lay-by c. 1000ft WNW of Apron Full of Stones.
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Re: Apron Full of Stones by MonumentMan on Saturday, 10 October 2020
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Visiting the site it was noted that the Ring Cairn/Henge is made of many Fluvio-glacial riverine stones from the adjacent Kingsdale Beck. A clear entranceway to the interior of the Cairn/Henge on its eastern flank (1.5m wide) is aligned due West with the Yordas Cave site - which may be symbolic for the Bronze Age and explain the sites geographic position and orientation for ritual purposes.
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Re: Apron Full of Stones by MonumentMan on Saturday, 10 October 2020
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In the central hollow of the Cairn the GPS 10fig grid ref is SD7091678801
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