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Submitted by kelpie on Monday, 10 June 2002  Page Views: 10263

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: House Crag (Howl Moor)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: SE816981  Landranger Map Number: 94
Latitude: 54.371884N  Longitude: 0.745429W
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
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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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
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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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House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by kelpie : SE 81728 98194 I searched for this circle for some time in a large area strewn with stones. I believe these two stones and the two in the distance form part of the circle but I am open to correction. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible Stone Circle in North Yorkshire

I searched for this circle for some time in a large area strewn with stones. I believe these two stones and the two in the distance form part of the circle but I am open to correction.

Note (September 2019): See johndhunter's Comment below about his recent visits to this site and surrounding area.
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House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by johndhunter : See my comment in comments section at the bottom of the site page. This is a partial view of the area in question. The large stone right of centre in the image is at SE 81654 98214,It is viewed looking southerly, July 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by johndhunter : See my comment in comments section at the bottom of the site page. This is a partial view of the area in question. The large stone centre left in the image is at SE 81654 98214,It is viewed looking northerly, August 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by johndhunter : See my comment in comments section at the bottom of the site page. This is a partial view of the area in question. It is viewed looking westerly, July 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by johndhunter : See my comment in comments section at the bottom of the site page regarding stone circles and parts of circles in this area. This is a view of a group of stones which caught my eye at SE 81637 98235, July 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by johndhunter : This is a photo (September 2019) which shows the area where the stone circle is purported to be. The stones (there are two here) at SE 81728 98194 in front of the camera are the same two stones in front of the camera in Kelpies submitted image PID 967 but viewed from a different angle. In Kelpies image these two stones plus two others to the right of the camera but not shown in the above image mak...

House Crag (Howl Moor)
House Crag (Howl Moor) submitted by johndhunter : Panoramic shot of the area in question, September 2019. The large stone left of centre in the image is at SE 81654 98214. Go to the comments section at the bottom of the site page for more information and my views on this stone circle.

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Re: House Crag by johndhunter on Thursday, 05 September 2019
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Pastscape has information on a stone circle in this vicinity which I presume is the one Kelpie went looking for in 2002 when he submitted this site page. It is Monument 62885 and was last updated in 2012. The main thing to keep in mind is that they cite an English Heritage Alternative Action Report which states “Since the definition of the circle is poor and the interpretation is uncertain, the site is not considered nationally important on present evidence.”

It was first noted in 1949 after a moorland fire by R.H.Hayes who described it as the possible remains of a stone circle 97ft in diameter and gave its location as SE 8161 9812. It would appear he made an error and Field Investigations in 1974 deemed the more likely place was 100m further north at SE 81611 98221. The description they give of this circle is as follows “Amongst the visible stones and boulders there are several that appear to be earthfast. A low bank of earth and stone was identified describing an intermittent circle of approximately 30 metres in diameter, with substantial gaps in the perimeter to the west, northeast and southeast. The potential circle was most clearly identified at the northwest, where a 30 metre length was visible with stones and boulders apparently set into it. Two more segments were identifiable: on the southwest side of the circle, the bank was very ephemeral and had only one earthfast stone set into it, and on the east there was a concentration of stones, including some apparently earthfast.”

I could not make out anything like this at the grid ref (SE 81611 98221) and it is not the possible stone circle in the image (PID 967) submitted by Kelpie at SE 81728 98194 which is about 100m to the east. As regards Kelpies image and what he thinks is possibly part of a stone circle, I am afraid to say even with my vivid imagination I could not conjure up anything which looked like part of a stone circle at this location. By contrast in an area about halfway between Pastscapes Grid Ref and Kelpies Grid Ref (approx 100m apart) the moor is strewn with stones and it doesn’t take much for ones imagination to start seeing circles and parts of circles. However, though I could see stones set in low banks and what I thought were parts of circles I could not match anything up to pastscapes description but then again one has to keep in mind that I am an only an amateur with an untrained eye, experts will see things that I can not.

I ended up visiting this site four times in as many weeks trying to make head or tail of it, in the end I gave up. I sense there is something here it just needs a more expert eye than mine to see it, a good place to start is a large stone at SE 81654 98214, which possibly forms part of a southern arc of a large circle. Will post images of the area in question to see what others make of it
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Re: House Crag by DickDiamond on Sunday, 10 October 2010
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Will try to find House Crag Circle (if that is indeed what it is!) but 2 stones do not make a circle and should not be described as such without reference to history, pictorial evedence or excavation... Who put this on the site as a Circle in the first place?
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