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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:
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
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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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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