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Natural PlacesSite Name: Ashlar Chair 01 Alternative Name: ERA-2498; PRN203Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: Ilkley
Map Ref: SE1207544838 Landranger Map Number: 104
Latitude: 53.899572N Longitude: 1.817721W
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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markj99 visited on 21st Jan 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2 I have an attraction to sites which are difficult to reach. I would rather walk several miles over bleak moorland to find a random stone than walk 10 yards on a footpath to a more spectacular site by the roadside. Therefore Ashlar Chair was too tempting to ignore, a rough diamond in unforgiving terrain. I gained a great deal of satisfaction in finding Ashlar Chair, unspectacular as it is.
This heavily weathered rock lays at the meeting point of four moors. Ilkley Moor, Burley Moor, Morton Moor and Bingley Moor. Cup and ring carvings were recorded in the 19th C, but these have now weathered away and no trace remains. Paul Bennett describes the rock as an 'Omphalus' or a universal centre. It's name probably comes from it's use by medieval masons. It was also used as a meeting point for the Pendle Witches. SE1208 4483.
For more information see Paul Bennett's The Northern Antiquarian's page for the Ashlar Chair, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire which has directions for finding this outcrop, together with photographs, a brief archaeology & history and an 1851 map.
This rock art panel is also recorded as England's Rock Art ERA-2498 Ashlar Chair 01, which gives a description and includes photographs and a plan of this rock and its motifs.
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