<< Our Photo Pages >> Cheshire Stone (Urra Moor) - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Cheshire Stone (Urra Moor)Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Village: Chop Gate
Map Ref: NZ5772902118
Latitude: 54.411248N Longitude: 1.112039W
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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A natural basin has been formed by erosion at the north western edge of the stone on its flat top. I have seen quite a few such basins on other stones /outcrops in the surrounding areas. According to this BLOG such basins are often associated with local folklore though he says he knows of none for this stone.
Nearby the very northern end of the old jet workings below the Cheshire stone, marked as Tips (disused) on the modern map, microliths from the Mesolithic were found by R. Close* in 1956 this is Monument 27389. R.H. Hayes* also found flints on the top of Carr Ridge just to the east of this, see Monument 27421
*Roland Close (1908 – 1978) and Raymond Hayes (1909 – 2000) were well respected local amateur archaeologists. Close was an estate worker by profession and lived in Baysdale. Hayes was a photographer, though also worked as a postman to supplement his income and lived in Hutton Le Hole. Hayes who was also the local correspondent for the Ordnance Survey published many papers on his finds. He was awarded the MBE in 1966 and elected FSA (Fellow, Society of Antiquarians) in 1976
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