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<< Our Photo Pages >> Harden Moor Ring Cairn - Ring Cairn in England in Yorkshire (West)

Submitted by drolaf on Sunday, 23 April 2023  Page Views: 29003

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Keighley
Map Ref: SE0749638675  Landranger Map Number: 104
Latitude: 53.844266N  Longitude: 1.887555W
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.
 4 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
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drolaf visited on 5th May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 a lovely little banked and kerbed ring cairn (not a stone circle) on a hill with outstanding views to Baildon, Ilkley et al.

craigapullen visited on 30th Mar 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 1 My daughter and I found the stone circle in good condition. Have some good pictures. How can I upload them?



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Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by drolaf : Harden moor ring cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)
A lovely little banked and kerbed ring cairn on a hill with outstanding views to Baildon, Ilkley et al.

The Northern Antiqurian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Harden Moor Circle, Bingley, West Yorkshire, which includes directions for finding this site, together with photographs and a brief archaeology & history.
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Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : An apparently random group sandstones. Probably left over from quarry workings. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by Leebrotherton : A Snowy Night at The Ring Cairn on Harden Moor. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : Just for fun :) I had best not say what I see on the side of these bluestones on Harden Moor. Its probably just me, I have been staring at stones for too long. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : I only noticed this stone in the background of a photo, but not at the time. The recent heavy rain and bright sunshine shows off its amazing colours and patterns. Another one to revisit I think. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : This curious arrangement of rocks is covered with markings on every surface. Can you believe I walked past and did not climb inside it! Arghh, I will have to return soon. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : I would love to know what all these markings mean.. This monolith is a short distance from the circle, amongst the stones and earthworks at the summit of Harden Moor. (8 comments)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : A huge stone beam monolith, its surfaces covered with markings.

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : At the highest point of Harden Moor, a short distance from the 'circle' on Harden Moor is this flat topped earthwork. It is tear-drop shaped and made of rock debris very accurately. A ditch surrounds its base, this is the view from the path over a wall. I don't know what it is. (4 comments)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by drolaf : harden moor ring cairn detail

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by drolaf : harden moor ring cairn detail

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by Leebrotherton : Urn from Circle

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by Bladup : Harden Moor circle.

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by Bladup

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by Bladup

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by craigapullen : The stone circle reveals itself after the recent snowy weather.

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : The pattern caught my eye in the later afternoon sun. A series of tiny cup and rings and more. (3 comments)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : A closer view

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : This is where the face of the Harden Moor fault is exposed. It looks like an entire work of art that is meant to be seen from a distance (to me at least). Up close the extent of the surface marking is amazing. Everything appears deliberate, at its base is exposed the watercourse where the spring surfaces. Impressive when you consider this is at 1000ft at the top of a hill in the middle of a bedroc... (1 comment)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : This stone sits in the middle of nowhere on the top of the moor. What is most strange is an iron bolt & nut sticking up out of the stone. This has been locked in to the stone using molten lead. Industrial archaeology. (8 comments)

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : A massive monolith on Harden Moor. Even though it is well worn under foot & bike there are still some surviving marking clearly visible.

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by petersmith : Most of the surface stones on Harden Moor are badly eroded by feet, bikes, paws. But those standing upright have faired much better. This one of hundreds of marked stones a short distance from the circle.

Harden Moor Ring Cairn
Harden Moor Ring Cairn submitted by rich32 : Harden Moor, nr Bingley, West Yorkshire (SE074386) A ring cairn according to Defra, although some believe its a stone circle. Two other cairns are also nearby.

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 85m ENE 74° Harden Moor Cairnfield* Cairn (SE0757838699)
 836m SW 216° Harden Moor Stone Row (Bingley) Stone Row / Alignment (SE0738)
 868m SW 232° Catstones Ring* Misc. Earthwork (SE0680638145)
 1.4km W 276° Goff Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE0615038822)
 2.1km NE 54° Druid's Altar (Bingley) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SE09243994)
 2.3km ENE 57° Druid's Well (Bingley)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE094399)
 2.4km ESE 109° Cottingley Woods* Rock Art (SE09803789)
 2.7km E 81° Elm Crag Well (Bingley) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE102391)
 2.7km NNW 328° Market Cross (Keighley) Ancient Cross (SE0604241002)
 2.8km NNW 339° Railway Station Cist (Keighley) Cist (SE06474127)
 3.0km WNW 299° Exley Head Cross* Ancient Cross (SE0481840146)
 3.1km ENE 75° Eadberht's Cross Ancient Cross (SE105395)
 3.2km NE 45° Lund Well (Bingley) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE09734091)
 3.4km SW 224° Castle Stead Ring* Misc. Earthwork (SE05143627)
 3.4km SSW 194° Castle Stead Misc. Earthwork (SE067354)
 3.4km N 7° East Riddlesden Cross (Keighley) Ancient Cross (SE07904208)
 3.6km NNE 24° Carr Lane* Rock Art (SE0900042000)
 3.8km ENE 59° Green Hill Wood 01* Rock Art (SE1077140638)
 3.9km NNW 332° Cliffe Castle Museum* Rock Art (SE057421)
 3.9km SE 139° Shaygate* Ancient Village or Settlement (SE10073576)
 3.9km NNE 17° How Beck 01* Rock Art (SE0865542435)
 4.1km NW 319° Whin Knoll Well (Keighley) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE04794179)
 4.2km NNE 27° Dene Hole 01. Rock Art (SE0937642408)
 4.2km NNE 19° High Ash Farm Rock Art (SE0885042650)
 4.2km NNE 28° Dene Hole 03* Rock Art (SE0951142413)
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Re: Harden Moor Stone Circle by drolaf on Thursday, 06 May 2021
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The area was quarried for ganister for furnace linings and they left stones on site with some excellent examples of fossils of ancient giant ferns/trees. They also had a team competition to build the highest stone block tower, of which there are several left around the site. The various mounds are spoil heaps. No man made rock carvings. On the flagged track you can see the ruts made by the railway wagons that transported the stone.

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Re: Harden Moor Stone Circle by Anne T on Wednesday, 08 November 2017
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I've renamed this page 'Harden Moor Stone Circle' from just 'Harden Moor' to avoid the photographs from newly added page 'Harden Moor Cairnfield' displaying here. There are some photographs of some intriguing earthworks and motifs that look as if they need splitting off onto another page, to avoid confusion with the stone circle, but I'm still trying to find out more about this site. In the meantime, I'll leave the photos here. Any objections, let me know! Thanks.
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    Re: Harden Moor Stone Circle by drolaf on Sunday, 23 April 2023
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    This is a lovely little ring cairn. It would be nice to have the photos of the quarry stones removed.
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Re: Pan Holes by Anonymous on Thursday, 11 August 2011
Druids altar cave now been filled in.
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Re: Pan Holes by Anonymous on Sunday, 01 May 2011
A man that I know in his late 70's recently told me that he and a friend, as young boys, found a small hole (cave) just somewhere inside of the St Ives boundary wall near Altar lane near the Druid's altar site. Being young and inquisitive they crawled through it where-by if I remember the story correctly, they came out below the altar itself. He said that in places it was a tight squeeze even for them as young boys.
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Re: Pan Holes by Anonymous on Sunday, 20 June 2010
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/hoggys/panholes.jpg

above pik of entrance to pan holes

and below pik of pan holes

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Re: Pan Holes by Anonymous on Saturday, 27 March 2010
RE: Pan holes
I first went down Pan Holes when I was in the Scouts during the 1940s. I am now 77 and went yesterday to see if I could find them again. I was delighted to find them at GR 085391.
Go through the 'hole in the wall' on the Harden to Keighley road and follow the path to the signpost pointing to Lady Blantyres stone'. Pan Holes are then about 20m north of the sketchy path and about 100m along it.
Interestingly they lie on the line of the 'Fairfax Intrenchment'.
Keith Drake. ( kandjdrake@talktalk.net) 27/03/10
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Pan Holes by Anonymous on Thursday, 01 October 2009
Ive been down the Pan holes many of times. Its about 250m long in passages altogether in two different directions. Its basically a fault in the ground with a roof on top,. Its very interesting for what it is. Theres a story around that there is treasure hidden somewhere in there but i have never found it. Yeah im a keen caver i cave mainly in the Yorkshire Dales but have done some in Scotland and in Derbyshire aswell. I am more than happy to take anyone down the Pan Holes its only a mile up the road from me and its great fun squeezing through the rift and down the 8 metre pitch not far from the entrance
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Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Friday, 04 July 2008
I found the entrance last night. The details are in the old volume 5, Northern caves, guide book. You'll know when you are there as 'Pan Hole' is written above the entrance in 1" high lettering.

Gavin
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    Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Wednesday, 10 September 2008
    Are you going to give us any clues then...?
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Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Thursday, 21 December 2006
Hello,
I have visited this site many times with my son when we lived in Harden. It is a tiny circle just by a tree on a path that runs diagonally accross the middle of the moor. My old Neighbour who was 96 at the time and lived in Harden since he was 12 showed me where the circle was. He also told me about the Pan Hole in St Ives estate which is a tiny pot hole/cave.
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    Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Thursday, 20 March 2008
    I was speaking to a local ex caver late last night and he told be about the Pan Hole Cave. He advised me that many years ago he went down it as a deep rift in the sandstone with irregular chock-stones & fallen rubble. Do you have any idea if the cave is still accessible and its grid ref? I live locally in Cullingworth and as a caver have an interest in the local geological structure. Any information is gratefully received. Pete
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      Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Monday, 31 March 2008
      Hi
      I have the grid refernce at home somewhere. I have been trying to locate the entrance for the last few weeks to no real avail. As far as I know it is at the top of the LH bridleway that runs paralel with the road to Keighley then somewhere slightly over to the right before you hit the golf course.
      The only hole I can find is the one full of water at the start of the golf course that is surrounded by rocks-at first guess I would suggest this is it, the cave entrance filled, then the hole filled with water to form a feature???

      Again I am intreagued by such a large cave in somewhat non-caving teritory and have searched for ages to locate it. Now I need to find it as it is one of those little niggly things getting at me. If you have the northern cave books it is detailed at the back of one of them??, under "other caves" or something. However the location of 140m west of the memorial stone takes you the wrong direction as an old map I have seen???

      I have also spoke with someone who claims to have been down it agaes ago. An old caving guide states it is rough rock, full of mud and is 200m long!!. Aparantly half way down it was extended by a caving group in the 70s and they introduced a man hole to get to a lower rift. It is classed as grade II and therfore with the right gear you should not come accross any problems.

      I will post a GR ASAP

      Kev

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        Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 April 2009
        have you found it? if not email me on jamie underscore lockwood who is at hotmail dot co dot uk
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Re: Harden Moor by Anonymous on Sunday, 05 January 2003
Harden Moor 'Stone Circle'

If this is the small circle I've seen, don't get too excited. The moor was used for miltary practice sometime in the 20th century, and the 'stone circle' was built to represent a house that the soldiers had to locate and take. Or at least that is the local story...
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    Re: Harden Moor by brigantia on Sunday, 03 April 2005
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    Naathen "Anonymous" -
    this 'ere Harden Moor 'stone circle' is actually a ring-cairn; though your remarks about there being a circle used for military practice in the 20th century is true. One used to exist somewhere on this moor and was made around World War II - though that site was a rather large circle and seems to have been destroyed. Unless, of course, someone knows its whereabouts...
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      Re: Harden Moor by DavidRaven on Sunday, 03 April 2005
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      Funnily enough, I was there yesterday morning. We found remains of a horseshoe-shaped mound formed of regular stone. We thought this was what the poster was referring to. It's nothing like the Harden Moor cairn circle.
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    Re: Harden Moor by Leebrotherton on Monday, 30 January 2023
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    In Cliff Castle Museum is Extensive information regarding the Bradford University Dig and one of the Cremation Urns is on display from the Ring Cairn. It is a very Authentic Ancient Monument.
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