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<< Our Photo Pages >> Commondale Moor Stone Circle - Stone Circle in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by SandyG on Sunday, 02 May 2021  Page Views: 22966

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Commondale Moor Stone Circle Alternative Name: Commondale
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Guisborough  Nearest Village: Commondale
Map Ref: NZ63791085  Landranger Map Number: 94
Latitude: 54.488988N  Longitude: 1.01679W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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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SandyG visited on 16th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Car parking is available at NZ 65680 10498. From here walk along the public highway to NZ 64937 09833 and take the path leading north westward. Follow this to NZ 63949 11043 and then walk to the row a short distance to the south.

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Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Southern part of the circle viewed looking west, September 2020. The locations of the stones hiding in the heather are indicated by gardening sticks and barrier tape. Stone O1 between between O and P is omitted because I had not spotted it when this photo was taken. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A stone circle situated on a south west facing slope with a double stone row leading from it. The row measures 34m long, including 7 small and medium-sized stones. The row is orientated ESE to WNW and stands in the vicinity of several cairns and a prehistoric field system. There are doubts concerning the identity of this circle and row hinging around the fact that stones in the area have been interfered with.

If approaching from the south, do not be tempted to leave the path early and cut across the moor, you will end up in some very boggy ground. As SandyG says in his visit log, carry on to NZ 63949 11403 or nearby and go down from there.

See the comment below by John D Hunter.

The stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Commondale Moor, which includes a description, photographs, a plan of the Commondale Stone Circle and stone row, a plan of the individual numbered stones with photographs of each stone, plus a discussion as to its identification as a row, and access information.

The row and stone circle are also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 28470. The monument is not scheduled.

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Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by kelpie : This is a low circle of stones very difficult to photograph and can only really be seen by standing in the middle of them. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Note: The above sketch is actually a graph plotted using the stones OS Coordinates as measured by my gps in September 2020. As with all gps there will be some margin of error with some of the stones being so close – I say this because some readings I took on one day differed slightly to readings I took a couple of days later, however the graph was plotted from readings all taken on the same day... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by SandyG : Plan of Commondale stone circle and row. Pits shown grey (Source: survey by Sandy Gerrard at 1:500). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by SandyG : Pair of stones next to the stone circle which is visible in the background. View from south east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Eastern part of the circle, viewed looking northerly, September 2020

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Eastern part of the circle, viewed looking northerly, February 2012

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Northern part of the circle, look north westerly, September 2020

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : North westerly side of the circle, looking westerly, September 2020. There is a lot of stone scatter to the north of the circle in this area

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Western side of the circle, look south westerly, September 2020. Beside the predominant stone G there are several more stones at this location of varying sizes on what appears to be a small mound.

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Western side of the circle, looking southerly, September 2020

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Stones on the west side of the circle just north of the cairn, viewed looking south westerly towards Kildale, September 2020

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Stones nearest the cairn viewed looking south westerly towards Kildale, September 2020

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : look westerly, September 2020. Most of the stones are not visible in the heather, their location is noted by garden sticks with barrier tape attached. In fact initially I missed stone O1 that’s why its lettering designation is out of sequence.

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Southern part of circle, looking south westerly towards Kildale, September 2020. Only stone Q is visible the rest are in the heather, their location is indicated by gardening sticks with barrier tape attached.

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : South eastern part of stone circle, viewed looking westerly, September 2020. Those stones hidden in the heather are indicated by gardening sticks with barrier tape attached. Stone O1 between O and P is omitted because when this photo was taken I hadn’t spotted it hiding in the heather. Its also the reason why it ended up being named out of sequence.

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Individual photos of stones A, B, C and D, September 2020. Where there is a number in brackets, this is the number I ‘think’ it equates to on Figure 12.2. See comments section at the bottom of this site page for further information regarding Figure 12.2

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Individual photos of stones D1, E, F and G, September 2020. Where there is a number in brackets, this is the number I ‘think’ it equates to on Figure 12.2. See comments section at the bottom of this site page for further information regarding Figure 12.2

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Individual photos of stones H, I, J and K, September 2020. Where there is a number in brackets, this is the number I ‘think’ it equates to on Figure 12.2. See comments section at the bottom of this site page for further information regarding Figure 12.2

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Individual photos of stones L, M, N and O, September 2020.

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Individual photos of stones O1, P, Q and R, September 2020. Where there is a number in brackets, this is the number I ‘think’ it equates to on Figure 12.2. See comments section at the bottom of this site page for further information regarding Figure 12.2

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : View of the cairn which lies just to the west of the circle taken looking west in February 2012. The area was covered in heather at this time and only the top of circle stone J is visible, Stone K is just to the left of J but not visible

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : View of the cairn which lies just to the west of the circle taken looking north in September 2020. The stones lying on the deck just to the left of the cairn in the image are typical of many such stones which lie scattered all around the circle, though they are most prolific to the north and east of the circle. During excavations in 1967 the cairn was found to be too neatly constructed to be a cle...

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : The mound M1on the western side of the circle viewed looking east, September 2020. Only those circle stones which are visible are indicated. Stone 3 (26 on Figure 12.2) is that stone to the east of the circle which may or may not be part of a row / alignment. See comments section at the bottom of this site page for further information regarding Figure 12.2

Commondale Moor Stone Circle
Commondale Moor Stone Circle submitted by johndhunter : Viewed looking across the stone circle east to west, September 2020. Only those circle stones which are visible in the image are indicated. Stone 3Z bottom right in the image is that stone to the east of the circle as indicated on the uploaded sketch map.

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Re: Commondale Moor by johndhunter on Saturday, 03 October 2020
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Tees Archaeology surveyed this site in 1967 and the report written by Bill Pearson was published in CBA Research Report 101 – Moorland Monuments, edited by Blaise Vyner in 1995. A pdf of this report can be downloaded from this web page HERE. The section on the stone circle starts page 155. In my comments below, where I refer to Figure 12.2 this is the plan of the stone circle on page 157 of the report.

Note: Where in my uploaded photos there is a number in brackets next to the number / letter I have designated to the stone, this is the number I ‘think’ it equates to on Figure 12.2

Having not visited this site since 2012 and also as I was unaware at that time there were possible stone rows / alignments associated with it, I decided to pay another visit. Initially I took copies of Fig 12.2 and SandyG’s plan on this site page with the intention of just matching up the stones, however I encountered anomalies. For example Fig 12.2 shows stones on the mound on the south west part of the circle, I could not see any. Also there were a lot more stones visible to the east of the circle than when SandyG visited in 2017. Consequently I decided to make my own plan as per the uploaded sketch.

An important point to note regarding both the circle and associated stones, it depends on the state of the heather as to what stones are clearly visible. Though the circle itself is quite distinct and the stones can be clearly seen as you walk around even those in the heather, though it is possible to miss one or two as I did at first glance. However I have an open mind on whether there are any actual rows or alignments, when I visited in September 2020 the heather was burnt off in parts to the east, west and north of the circle and there is a lot of stone scatter in the north and eastern areas, it is not too difficult to envisage rows amongst this scatter.

Consequently I can’t quite see stones 3, 4 and 5 as a row, looking at them at the actual location even though they appear to line up on the graph. To me if there is any row in this area it is 3, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E and 3F, also it should be noted there are other smaller stones nearby these stones. Also I wasn’t too sure what stones 1, 2, 6 and 7 in SandyG’s plan related to in my plan, which is why I have numbered mine differently. Though I think 6 is 3C, 1 is probably 3Z as to the others I am not sure, even looking at SandyG’s photos and comparing them to ones I took. Heather either obscures stones or photo has been taken from a different angle.

As regards to the numerous stones scattered around the moor in the vicinity of the circle, Frank Elgee* writing in his 1930 publication “Early Man in North East Yorkshire” page 164 says that there are indications of an outer concentric circle about 160ft in diameter. He is also of the opinion that other fallen stones outside the circles may belong to alignments leading up to them. Further he says on page 164 that there are signs of track ways converging on the circle. He says the moor edge above it is nicked by two three hollow ways and the slopes below are grooved by tracks though they are not easy to make out in the bog and bracken. This will have been in the 1920’s and looking at historical OS maps this will have been before the present day shooters track which runs along the moor edge was built. The hollow ways which nick the edge of the moors are still there and look now to be used by gamekeeper vehicles as access routes from the shooters track to the moor below, one such is at NZ 63915 11083, I would imagine that any indications of grooved tracks have long been erased.

* Elgee was the one who discovered this circle in the 1920’s and is partly responsible for the mound (M2) in the centre of the circle due to his excavations. Roland Close also added to this mound in the early 1960’s when he also excavated in this a

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