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Submitted by Hamish on Saturday, 27 November 2004  Page Views: 11094

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wook's Quoit Alternative Name: Yarberry Farm
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Weston-super-Mare  Nearest Village: Banwell
Map Ref: ST39045783  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.316298N  Longitude: 2.87608W
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
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 4 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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soulsurfer visited on 31st Oct 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Ask at the farm for permission. They are very friendly.

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Wook's Quoit
Wook's Quoit submitted by soulsurfer : Wooks Quoit. Yarberry farm. October 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)
In a field belonging to Yarberry farm, the 8ft tall stone is of the same material as the Stanton Drew stones and the Wimble Stone.

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Wook's Quoit
Wook's Quoit submitted by Bladup : Wook's Quoit [Standing stone]. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wook's Quoit
Wook's Quoit submitted by Hamish : ST390578 Somerset Nr Banwell. When you reach the farm there is no problem parking.Ask the landowner for permission to enter.They are quite happy to give this permission.Be careful of the guardian geesethey have a hard peck.The stone is of the same type as the Stanton Drew stones. The farmers wife told me that they get a lot of dowsers there who find "interesting things" This stone is well worth... (2 comments)

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Re: Wook's Quoit by Andy B on Saturday, 11 May 2024
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At Yarborough farm in the bowl of the Lox Yeo Valley there stands the most impressive of West Mendip’s stones - the eight foot high Wook’s Quoit. The unpublished
topography of John Strachey (1730) is the earliest written account of the stone, which he calls “Wooks Cait” so-called because of its relation to ‘ye fabled gyant inhabiting
Wookey Hole’ (10) further east along the Mendip ridge. Judging by other giant-and-stone tales Wook presumably threw it from the hill either in a fit of rage or in a trial of strength with some other folkhero.

The latter is the more probable for some 350m to the east another stone was marked on the 1882 Ordnance Survey map, although this has since disappeared. Wook’s Quoit stands in stark profile with the distinctive hilltop of Crook Peak, the most unusual of
Mendip’s hills which suddenly attenuates to a sharp pointed summit. There is certain
ly a skyline correspondence between the two but it seems to go no further than a recognition of the shape of the peak itself and any other connection with the remainder of the hill is firmly in the eye of the beholder.
Phil Quinn, The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, 3rd Stone Issue 25
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Lost standing stone at location ST394579 by Andy B on Saturday, 11 May 2024
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In The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, Phil Quinn mentions a lost standing stone at location ST394579.
Source: The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, in 3rd Stone Issue 25 (Spring 1997) page 15, download from here:
mega.nz/file/fFonFAgS#3q9VHhjbwjJYJKzgU-XTA3mVPkArQWQ_HDmFthS7oU8
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Re: Wook's Quoit by TheCaptain on Saturday, 27 November 2004
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First mention of the stone by John Stratchey in 1730, it was known by the name of "Wook's Cait".
It is not easy to find but once you are at the Yarberry farm ask the land owner for permission. There are guardian geese here who do not like intruders so be careful. The farmer/wife said that a lot of dowsers visit who report all sorts of results. The site seems to align with Wimblestone , the lost circle of Chew and eventually Stanton Drew. If you can locate it it's well worth a look.
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