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Photo Pages: Devil's Arrows - Stone Row / Alignment in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 23 August 2004 Page Views: 17409
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 Site Name: Devil's Arrows Alternate Name: Three Grey Hounds, Three Sisters
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Boroughbridge
Map Ref: SE391665 Landranger Map Number: 99
Latitude: 54.092925N Longitude: 1.40368W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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 | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 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 | | 0 | no data |
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   Devil's Arrows submitted by ken1953clark
Stone Row in North Yorkshire. Three stones remain, the shortest being 5.5m, the tallest stone is 6.8m.
Probably a five-stone row originally. The fourth stone was reputedly broken up in 1582 to build the bridge over the River Tutt, and the fifth is lost in history. The stones are of gritstone, having pointed tops, with a fluted effect caused by weathering, and are buried up to 1.5m into the ground. Dating from the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the stones were the site of a solstice fair in historical times. Several astronomical alignments have been postulated, as well as a straight ley-type alignment.
The Devils Arrow alignment. Ref: Lines on the Landscape, Devereux and Pennick
Access: Turn off the A1(M) at the A6055 (Boroughbridge) and head into the town. Turn left after the Three Arrows Hotel, down Roecliffe Lane. The stones are a few hundred metres down and unfortunately near to the A1(M) that now bypasses Boroughbridge. The tallest is just off the road to the left, behind a gate. The other two are 200m away on the opposite side of the road, in a cornfield. It is possible to get near the stones by walking down the side of the field, taking care not to trample the corn.
Strikingly tall stones. The nearby motorway is not as disturbing as I had expected, due to a high hedge which hides it.
 Devil's Arrows submitted by rldixon
The 2 stones in the field taken from the edge of the field with a telescopic zoom lens to compress the perspective.
feb 2008
 Devil's Arrows submitted by rldixon
the 2 stones in the field together
 Devil's Arrows submitted by rldixon
the first time I've managed to get a decent image of this stone; the 3rd stone at the other side of the road usually hidden by the trees feb26 2008
 Devil's Arrows submitted by rldixon
the taller of the 2 stones in the field lovely sunny day with wild winds Feb 26 2008
 Devil's Arrows submitted by rldixon
devils Arows taken on a sunny but cold day feb 26 2008
 Devil's Arrows submitted by nicoladidsbury
The Devil's Arrows* B * Prehistory Photo Competition (UK or Ireland)
 Devil's Arrows submitted by DavidRaven
Members of the Northern Earth Walks group visit the Arrows, June 2005.
 Devil's Arrows submitted by DavidRaven
Possible cup marks? Taken on the June 2005 visit of the 'Northern Earth Walks Group'. Photo credit: Phil Reeder.
 Devil's Arrows submitted by DavidRaven
Example of possible cups, noticed by John Billingsley on the Northern Earth Walks Group visit to the site, June 2005. Photo credit: Phil Reeder
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Re: Devils Arrows (Score: 1)
by yak on Monday, 06 May 2002
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Very impresive huge standing stones. Not very well sign posted as I drove past them twice even though you can see them from the A1(M)! Their condition seems OK considering they are so accessable. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Devils Arrows (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 03 May 2004 | I visited the Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorks, on Saturday May 1st, and used my GPS device to mark their exact positions. Satellite reception was good, with an accuracy of around 10ft.
I had been told that the alignment of the stones was "roughly" towards the triple henge site near West Tanfield, some 17km north-west, but when I checked this on MemoryMap, I found that it is quite a bit to the east of this line. In fact, I found that on the alignment of the Devil's Arrows there were THREE OTHER points - marked "Henge, (site of)", just over 6km north-west, (SE33868 75515) due west of Dishforth airfield , and a tumulus and "henge" a couple of kilometres further on (SE35243 73555). Finally, there are a group of tumuli just south of Melmerby (at SE33843 75525).
I have not had time to check out these sites, but I wondered if anyone else has noticed this alignment, and knows of its significance.
I'd be glad to send my GPS data to anyone who wants to check my inferences. so please let me know if you're interested.
Graham Smith | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Devils Arrows (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 29 August 2005 | | can u camp near devils arrows. if u cud reply it would be most helpful | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Devils Arrows (Score: 1)
by Thorgrim on Monday, 29 August 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Yes - there is a camping and caravanning site very close. Look at an OS map and you will see that it is just the other side of the main road. You go under the underpass towards the village of Roecliff. | [ Reply to This ]
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