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Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 30 March 2012  Page Views: 11664

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wadsley Common
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.93 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Sheffield  Nearest Village: Wadsley
Map Ref: SK312906
Latitude: 53.411295N  Longitude: 1.532099W
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
3 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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Wadsley Common
Wadsley Common submitted by Andy B : Measuring rocks from the base line. Photo credit: Wadsley and Loxley Commoners (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible Stone Circle discovered on Wadsley Common. For many years there have been rumours about a stone circle on the common, so the Wadsley and Loxley Commoners society obtained permission from the landownlers, Sheffield City Council, to do a non-invasive survey of the area in which they suspected the circle would be.

They continue: "We were very excited to see a small circle of stones appearing on one of the drawings from the measurements made on the ground. This doesn't mean we have definitely discovered a Neolithic stone circle, but it does mean there is an interesting feature which merits further examination. Much more measuring will have to be done and experts will have to examine the resulting data before we can say what this circle of old stones is, but it was very interesting!"

More details below and on the Wadsley and Loxley Commoners' web site

IMPORTANT NOTE: The location given is just for the common, not the circle itself
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Wadsley Common
Wadsley Common submitted by Andy B : The drawing showing the circle of stones. Photo credit: Wadsley and Loxley Commoners (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK3090 : Loxley Trig Point by Dave Pickersgill
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SK3090 : In the woods below the trig point on Loxley Common by carol gill
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SK3090 : Trig point on Loxley Common by Graham Hogg
by Graham Hogg
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SK3190 : Path on Wadsley Common by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
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Re: Wadsley Common by Andy B on Friday, 30 March 2012
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Wadsley Common has many mysteries, as visitors to the regular Wadsley Ghost Walks will know.

But last weekend there was a new source of wonder to the dog walkers and joggers passing by the Long Lane car park.

Who were all these people with string, tape measures and chocolate biscuits? Why were they spending hours staring at rocks and heather?

“Are we looking at Stonehenge on the top of Wadsley Common? No, I don’t think so,” said archaeologist Michael McCoy. “But I think there is a possibility of something here, maybe something Neolithic, but what it was for we just don’t know. Maybe it was just part of life.”

The Wadsley and Loxley Commoners were running a preliminary archaeological survey on a potential stone circle (or circles).

A range of stones were uncovered by a clearance near the Long Lane trig point two years ago, and after waiting for the go-ahead from the council, the commoners enlisted the help of local professional Michael and amateur archaeologist (and Wadsley Commoner) Roger Manktelow to help them look more closely at the site.

“We set up a baseline with a long tape measure and then measure the stones from that,” Roger explained. “Then once it’s all drawn in, you can get some idea if there’s any symmetry or if it’s just a scatter of rock – and we’re not ruling that out.”

Around 20 commoners, amateur archaeologists and keen locals took part in the survey.

“My gut instinct is that there is something here but what we have I don’t know,” said Roger.

Read more, with photos at
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/riddle-of-the-rocks-1-4374885

and also the web site of the Wadsley and Loxley Commoners
http://www.wadsley-loxley.org/news.html

with thanks to the anonymous tipp-er off-er who writes: "Exciting news and on my doorstep!"
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