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<< Our Photo Pages >> Deerleap Stones - Standing Stones in England in Somerset

Submitted by hamish on Friday, 26 March 2004  Page Views: 28734

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deerleap Stones
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Wells  Nearest Village: Westbury-sub-Mendip
Map Ref: ST51804876  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.235975N  Longitude: 2.691781W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
4

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Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : Deerleap Stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Pair of standing stones on the edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset

Go from Wells to Wookey Hole then follow the signs to Ebbor Gorge. Park in the gorge carpark and then follow the road for about 100 metres and look in the field on the left. Here are two standing stones. The views on a clear day are magnificent, you can see for miles.
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Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by creators : I was out at Deer Leap near Wookey today, hoping to get some pictures of Glastonbury Tor and came across these stones at ST482522. Does anyone know if they have a name? (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : Deerleap Stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : Deerleap Stones, The Southern stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : Deerleap Stones, The Northern stone, The stones were once in a hedge, and were left when the hedge was removed. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : Deerleap Stones and sun halo.

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : The two Deerleap Stones, Great views.

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by Bladup : The two Deerleap Stones.

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by hamish : ST518486.Somerset Nr Ebbor Gorge. This is the upper Stone.

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by hamish : ST518486.Somerset Nr Ebbor Gorge. This is the lower stone.

Deerleap Stones
Deerleap Stones submitted by hamish : Go from Wells to Wookey Hole then follow the signs to Ebbor Gorge.Park in the gorge carpark and then follow the road for about 100mtrs and look in the field on the left.Here are two standing stones.The views on a clear day are magnificent,you can see for miles.

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 1.6km ESE 118° Wookey Hole Caves* Cave or Rock Shelter (ST53194801)
 1.6km ESE 119° Badger Hole (Somerset) Cave or Rock Shelter (ST53244795)
 1.7km SE 129° Wookey Hole Caves Museum* Museum (ST531477)
 1.9km NNW 329° Westbury-Sub-Mendip Cave or Rock Shelter (ST50855036)
 2.2km N 349° Priddy long barrow* Long Barrow (ST5141550915)
 2.8km NNE 16° Priddy Church Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (ST526514)
 2.9km N 354° Townsend Farm Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (ST5152851658)
 3.0km NNW 344° Bristol Plain Farm Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (ST5097951665)
 3.4km NE 53° Fair Lady Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST54515079)
 3.5km NE 37° Priddy Nine Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (ST53925149)
 3.5km NW 312° Westbury Camp* Hillfort (ST49205112)
 3.8km NNW 346° Cheddar Head Stone Circle (ST509525)
 3.9km NNE 32° Ashen Hill Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (ST53905205)
 4.2km ENE 75° Drove Cottage Henge* Henge (ST559498)
 4.3km ENE 71° Hunter's Lodge Inn Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (ST559501)
 4.3km NNE 29° Priddy Circles S* Henge (ST53945255)
 4.4km SE 130° Wells and Mendip Museum* Museum (ST551459)
 4.4km SE 130° Wells Cathedral* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (ST5514645865)
 4.5km E 90° Pen Hill Longbarrow* Long Barrow (ST563487)
 4.5km SE 130° St Andrew's Well (Wells)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST5522745824)
 4.6km NNE 28° Priddy Circles C* Henge (ST54015279)
 4.6km NNE 28° Priddy Circles* Henge (ST54005280)
 4.6km SE 132° Glastonbury Tor milestone at Wells* Modern Stone Circle etc (ST552456)
 4.7km NE 35° Castle Farm Long Barrow* Long Barrow (ST54525255)
 4.8km NNE 28° Priddy Circles N* Henge (ST54095302)
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Re: Deerleap Stones by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 March 2006
''Many Somerset villages have 'Lippiatts' or leap gates an early form of cattle grid dividing lowland and upland grazings. At Ebbor Gorge the site is still known as Deer Leap, and two stone pillars in a field mark the place wherethe gate separated village and common land. That was the purpose of the Lippiatts, the agile deer could leap from one side to another, the cattle and sheep were confined.'' This extract taken from Shirley Toulson's book, The Mendip Hills. A Threatened Landscape. I have also read that these gates made it difficult for the deer to return to the higher ground enabling the villagers to sample the deer without having to trespass in the king's forest.
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