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Submitted by DavidRaven on Friday, 15 August 2003  Page Views: 11192

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bull Stone
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Otley Chevin
Map Ref: SE206435  Landranger Map Number: 104
Latitude: 53.887280N  Longitude: 1.688074W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 3 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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Bull Stone
Bull Stone submitted by DavidRaven : The Bull Stone, Otley Chevin (near Ilkley) Standing six feet tall and reported to be nine feet in girth at it's widest point, resplendent in it's pastoral home! A Roman road skirts it's flanks apparently, but it's pretty hard to discern.                          Paul Bennet wrote that the most likely meaning of it's name came from 'bull-steean'; a stone for sharpening... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in West Yorkshire

The Bull Stone, Otley Chevin (near Ilkley) Standing six feet tall and reported to be nine feet in girth at it's widest point, resplendent in it's pastoral home! A Roman road skirts it's flanks apparently, but it's pretty hard to discern. Paul Bennet wrote that the most likely meaning of it's name came from 'bull-steean'; a stone for sharpening tools, or a whetstone. Though Slater said it may have come from a delightful old custom of fastening bulls to it whilst they were baited by hounds... Such quaint past-times these Carlton farmers had!  
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Bull Stone
Bull Stone submitted by DavidRaven : The Bull Stone, Otley Chevin; Dawn on Midsummer Solstice 2004. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Bull Stone (Crook of Devon)
Bull Stone (Crook of Devon) submitted by Anne T : The Bull Stone, showing how it sits in relation to the footpath leading south from Church Road, and the farm track leading east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bull Stone
Bull Stone submitted by DavidRaven : Members of the Bradford Megalithic Meet ponder possible alignments at the Bull Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bull Stone (Crook of Devon)
Bull Stone (Crook of Devon) submitted by Anne T : The Bull Stone as seen from a few metres to its east. It's right hand (northern end) has been cut off flush to make it sit neatly against the dry stone wall behind. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bull Stone (Crook of Devon)
Bull Stone (Crook of Devon) submitted by Anne T : The Bull Stone seen from head on (standing just to the south of it).

Bull Stone (Crook of Devon)
Bull Stone (Crook of Devon) submitted by Anne T : First sight of the Bull Stone as we turned up the farm track from the footpath. I thought this was just part of an old stone wall, as the fragments of stone had been cemented together; I had to call up the Northern Antiquarian site to double check before I was convinced!

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Re: Bull Stone by brigantia on Sunday, 12 April 2009
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Hi there -

Just having a quick perusal of the Bull Stone notes here before I add more notes to my own database, I came upon Mr Rombald's remark, above, where he quotes the info from my book, The Old Stones of Elmet, saying how I "wrote that the most likely meaning of it's name came from 'bull-steean'; a stone for sharpening tools, or a whetstone."

However, I wrote the complete opposite as anyone who can read accurately will tell you, saying: "there is the possibility that its title may refer to a now obselete Yorkshire word, 'bull-steean', meaning a stone used for sharpening tools, or a whetstone, but this is extremely unlikely." (my emphasis)

One wonders what other curious forms of myopia Mr Rombald has had!?

Cheers - Paul
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Re: Bull Stone by Rombald on Sunday, 12 February 2006
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Don't you think the most likely origin of the name is phallic symbolism?
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