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<< Our Photo Pages >> Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Yorkshire (West)

Submitted by DavidRaven on Monday, 29 November 2004  Page Views: 11203

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hebden Bridge  Nearest Village: Heptonstall
Map Ref: SD9535430190
Latitude: 53.768034N  Longitude: 2.071964W
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
3 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.
2 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
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Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall)
Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall) submitted by DavidRaven : One of the stones on Standing Stone Hill. Looking south-east towards the village of Heptonstall. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in West Yorkshire

Standing Stone hill, Heptonstall Moor, has no standing stones shown on the O.S. maps, although there appear to be at least three in this area. With a little wandering, a few possible candidates for the hill's namesake can be found.

A candidate for one of the stones can be found at SD9535430190. It has an elevation of 398m, is 110cm height, 120cm long & has a thickness of 40cm. (info DavidShepherd). More information on these stones may be found in Dr. David Shepherd's paper Standing for What? Standing Stones in the South Pennines. This stone is ref 2.

This stone is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Standing Stone Hill, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, which gives the grid reference a few metres away at SD 95355 30184. TNA gives directions for finding this stone together with photographs and a brief archaeology & history.

TNA tells us this standing stone is "Although not a tall specimen by any means, this rounded and weather-worn upright has fine character and age to it. Standing more than 3 feet in height and nearly as wide, the stone has a faded but distinct artistic carving of the letter ‘T’ on its western face (which you can make out on the photo, hopefully). It was thought this may have been an old boundary marking, but the stone ain't on any boundary line so possibly relates to some local family who marked it with that deluded notion of ‘ownership’ of this part of the desolate moors."

Describing this as a beautiful spot, TNA adds: "There are a couple of other possible standing stones on this section of moorland. One in particular appears to have been taller in bygone times and is marked on the 1851 OS-map of the region about 100 yards southwest of the triangulation pillar."
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Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall)
Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall) submitted by rich32 : This is one of 3 monoliths you can still see around the Hill, this particular stone stands about 4ft. Just to the left of the stone there seems to be an old track way, with possible ditches on either side. It’s not entirely clear which epoch these stones belong to, although one is said to be medieval (Reaps Cross) & has an association with an old corpse route. Oodles of lithics & a few cup ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall)
Standing Stone Hill (Heptonstall) submitted by DavidRaven : One of the three possible standing stones on the hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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