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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carperby Stone Circle - Stone Circle in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 17 September 2002  Page Views: 13251

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carperby Stone Circle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Hawes
Map Ref: SD99009013  Landranger Map Number: 98
Latitude: 54.306771N  Longitude: 2.016871W
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
 4

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drolaf visited on 23rd Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 reminded me of the cockpit up near Orton. Larger stones at regular intervals around the bank. It sits south of the crag, on a sloping platform overlooking the Ure valley southwards. and there is a small cairn about 50 metres away, between it and the crag. The prominent landmark is Addlebrough hill to the sww.

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jan 1989 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 2

Bladup have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by Bladup : You can see the Embankment curving around to the right at the ruined Carperby embanked stone circle with Ivy Scar above it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Embanked Cremation Cemetery or Stone Circle in North Yorkshire

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Carperby Stone Circle submitted by BolshieBoris : Carperby Stone Circle - Circa 1988 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by LS-Dave : Panorama looking up Wensleydale to wards Hawes, with Stags Fell on right. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carperby Stone Circle submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Carperby Stone Circle, Notice the other smaller enclosure to the ENE Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carperby Stone Circle submitted by LS-Dave : There are plenty of small rocks on the plateau leading to the old mine, but these three stuck out as being same size and almost equidistant. Less then 100m from west side of enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by LS-Dave : Looking south (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by LS-Dave : As path dips the embankment is easy to see.

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by LS-Dave : Approaching the site from the east.

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by drolaf : view sww to Addlebrough hill, a distinctive landscape feature here, and showing in foreground a couple of the stones on the bank.

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by drolaf : View of the bank and central cairn, below the ridge.

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by Bladup : Carperby Embanked stone circle, You can see the circle on the left and in the distance on the left is Castle Dykes henge.

Carperby Stone Circle
Carperby Stone Circle submitted by Bladup : Ivy Scar from right near the circle.

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Re: Carperby Stone Circle by LS-Dave on Thursday, 15 September 2022
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As previous posts have said, the OS Grid and map marker are incorrect, tagging a cairn on the ridge above the site. This site is marked 'Enclosure' on OS Maps and is at
SD 99000 90130
Clearly visible on aerial mapping and LIDAR, and right next to 'Oxclose Road', which is a path.
Visited on 13 9 22 which was a beautiful sunny day. Although eroded the earthwork is very clear and the remains of the eroded (robbed out?) central mound visible. The site has long distance views to the west, with the foreground sweeping away down to old mine workings. Easy to start musing "Is that stone lined up with that notch in the nearby hill, or is that stone pointing at Pike Hill?"
I've added some photos. Worth a visit.
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Re: Carperby by drolaf on Thursday, 24 September 2020
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I’d call it an embanked cairn with stone circle ‘icing’

The site is not on Ivy Scar as on this page map, it is about 200m lower down on the footpath at

54.306782 -2.016837

It’s a short and very pleasant hike from the carpark by the nature reserve and a massive rabbit warren! Through old hazel woods. The plateau top is turf on karst so easy going.
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Re: Carperby by coldrum on Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Pastscape:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=47317
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Re: Carperby by BolshieBoris on Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Visited this site around the summer of 1988, was a long trek uphill with the circle being visible from a distance on the hillside. Stunning views to the south. The circle itself had few notable stones, consisting of a rubble bank which had seen better millennia, and a pile of stones in the centre. Not shown on the OS map, and well off the beaten track. A circle for the committed enthusiast only.
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Re: Carperby by BolshieBoris on Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Condition: 2
Ambience: 3
Access: 1
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