<< Our Photo Pages >> Two Lads (Withens Moor) - Cairn in England in Yorkshire (West)
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Date UncertainSite Name: Two Lads (Withens Moor)Country: England
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County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Mytholmroyd
Map Ref: SD9839422116
Latitude: 53.695483N Longitude: 2.0258W
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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Northernchief visited on 28th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Access: 2 Worth the effort to get there…
Marked on the OS map but not recorded on either Pastscape or Historic England, The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for these cairns - see their entry for Two Lads, Withens Moor, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding this site, together with photographs, an image of the 1853 OS map showing the location of these cairns, a description and local folklore.
TNA says: "The site comprises of two boulders, each crowned with a cairn of stones. The westernmost one of the two (SD 98392 22111) is intriguing as it has, carved upon the rock beneath the stone cairn on the northwestern edge of the stone, what looks like a singular cup-marking, plus a large water-worn bowl on its northern edge, and a very distinct deeply-cut cross-base, several inches deep, near the northeastern corner of the rock. This cross-base seems slightly more rectangular in form than square; although the large covering of stones makes an accurate ascription difficult. If this cross-base and cup-markings are authentic, we would have here a clear example of the christianization of a previously heathen site."
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