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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Busco Beck Standing StonesCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Village: Lealholm
Map Ref: NZ7508505817
Latitude: 54.442223N Longitude: 0.843743W
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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Standing Stone SS1 at NZ 75085 05817 is NYMNP ‘HER’ number 7163 which describes it as prehistoric (PRE 43AD). My rough measurements make it about 6½ ft tall, with its northerly and southerly faces about 3 ft wide towards the top tapering down to 2 ft at the bottom, it is about 15 inches wide. It stands in a hollow and on its southerly face, eastern side about ¾ up is inscribed what looks to be the letter H lying on its side.
Standing Stone SS2 at NZ 75124 05843 is NYMNP ‘HER’ number 7164 which describes it as prehistoric (PRE 43AD). My rough measurements make it about 2½ ft tall, with its east and west faces about 3 ft wide. Its south face is 14 inches wide tapering to 10 inches at its north face.
Stone SS3 at NZ 75103 05843 – About 100ft to the north east of SS1 and about 50ft to the west of SS2 is what appears to be a stone slab prostrate on the ground or maybe its just an outcrop? However it seems incongruous in the landscape, this is not an area of the moor where there are lots of stones exposed, it is swampy and boggy in parts and the whole area acts as a drain into Busco Beck. Just a fleeting thought but I wonder if this is a stone slab, if it once stood erect. It is about 6ft long and 2½ ft wide.
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