<< Our Photo Pages >> Brand End standing stones - Standing Stones in England in Derbyshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brand End standing stonesCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Buxton Nearest Village: Flash
Map Ref: SK0488868373
Latitude: 53.212397N Longitude: 1.928265W
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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Mysteron visited on 4th Feb 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Park at the turn to a narrow lane, just before the cattle grid. Just follow the road down to the derelict farmhouse with the caravans and it's easily visible in the adjacent field. Nobody lives here and a fence was already flattened down when I visited so access shouldn't be a problem.
My feeling is this was once a more substantial site, as there are two very large stones built into the gate just down from the site. One of them is holed. Perhaps Heathcote "excavated" here and left it in a state? The main stone aligns roughly with some other mounds and stones going southeast along the Dove.
The site is 3km east of the A53 Leek-Buxton road from where it is signposted to Brandside. The Brand End standing stones are situated on private land immediately south of the semi-derelict Brand End Farm that terminates the road from the A53. The site overlooks a deep valley 0.5km to the east and south east backed by High Edge in the distance. To the southeast are the distinctive profiles of Hollins Hill, Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill. There are extensive views across falling terrain of the Dove and Manifold vallies to the south and southwest.
The main standing stone is approximately 2.2m high, roughly square section and tapering from about 0.5m to 0.2m at the top. The SW face bears a O.S. benchmark cut about 1.5m from ground level and showing considerable weathering. Scattered stones surround the base of the standing stone.
This stone is on the highest point of the hill which appears to be slightly elevated and domed within a 5m radius. It is not suggested that this is the site of a tumulus but the idea bears further investigation in the context of other tumulii within a 5km radius.
Approximately 35 paces E (~27m) is a smaller, blade-like standing stone aligned edge-on towards the main stone.
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