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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Churn Milk Joan (Midgley Moor) Alternative Name: Saville's LowCountry: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hebden Bridge Nearest Village: Midgley
Map Ref: SE0197327691
Latitude: 53.745591N Longitude: 1.971563W
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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Details of this curious standing stone can be found on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Churn Milk Joan, Midgley Moor, West Yorkshire. TNA tells us: "The present large standing stone you see before you isn’t prehistoric. However, the small broken piece on the ground by its side may have been its prehistoric predecessor; and there is certainly something of an archaic nature here — albeit a contentious one — as we find old cup-markings cut into its eastern face." The stone is sited near the boundary stone of Churn Milk Joan.
TNA include photographs of the stone and the cup marks on it's eastern face. They also give directions on how to find the stone, together with a brief archaeology and history and some local folklore.
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