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The '''Grubstones''' ({{gbmapping|SE136447}}) is a [[stone circle]] on [[Burley Moor]] in [[West Yorkshire]], England. It is believed to be either an embanked stone circle or a ring [[cairn]]. |
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The '''Grubstones''' is a [[stone circle]] on [[Ilkley Moor]] in [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]. The stones are part of an [[astronomical complex]] forming a perfect [[isosceles triangle]] with the [[Twelve Apostles of Ilkley Moor]] and the [[Backstones]], which are both precisely 1,180 yards apart from each other. <ref name="Cope1998">{{cite book|author=Julian Cope|title=The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PbNgQgAACAAJ|accessdate=11 April 2013|year=1998|page=278|publisher=Thorsons Pub|isbn=978-0-7225-3599-8}}</ref> |
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==Location== |
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The Grubstones circle is located on Burley Moor (to the east of [[Ilkley Moor]]).<ref name="dyer">James Dyer, (2001), ''Discovering Prehistoric England'', page 230. Osprey Publishing. {{ISBN|0747805075}}</ref> It is situated below the top of the hill on a gentle south facing slope.<ref name="pastscape">{{cite PastScape|mnumber=50140 |mname=GRUBSTONES|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> The circle is just over 800 metres south-east of the [[Twelve Apostles, West Yorkshire|Twelve Apostles]].<ref name="dyer"/> South-east of the circle there are several large cairns including ''The Skirtful of Stones''.<ref name="oxford">Timothy C. Darvill, Paul Stamper, Jane R. Timby, (2002), ''England: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600'', page 149. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0192841017}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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The circle has a diameter of about 10 metres.<ref name="oxford"/> It is almost perfectly circular with twenty surviving stones.<ref name="oxford"/> The stones are set on the inside of a low bank, about 1.8 metres wide.<ref name="dyer"/><ref name="pastscape"/> The circle has been described variously as a [[cairn circle]], a [[ring cairn]] enclosure, or a [[stone circle]].<ref name="bennet">Paul Bennett, 1995, ''Circles, standing stones and legendary rocks of West Yorkshire'', page 33. Heart of Albion</ref> One third of the circle on the south side has been destroyed by [[Shooting range|shooting butt]]s.<ref name="dyer"/> Four large loose stones in the interior may have come from this break.<ref name="pastscape"/> The interior was excavated circa 1846 which revealed a cremation, accompanied by a flint spearhead.<ref name="pastscape"/> |
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In the 20th century there was additional damage in the form of a subrectangular earthwork mound said to be an "orgone accumulator".<ref name="pastscape"/> [[Orgone]] is supposed to be a vital energy or life force which informs the universe, and which can be collected and stored in an orgone accumulator for subsequent use in the treatment of illness.<ref name="pastscape"/> |
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==Notes== |
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Latest revision as of 20:16, 16 October 2023
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  Shown within West Yorkshire | |
| Location | West Yorkshire |
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| Coordinates | 53°53′54″N 1°47′38″W / 53.89836°N 1.79400°W |
| Type | Stone circle |
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| Periods | Bronze Age |
The Grubstones (grid reference SE136447) is a stone circle on Burley Moor in West Yorkshire, England. It is believed to be either an embanked stone circle or a ring cairn.
Location
[edit]The Grubstones circle is located on Burley Moor (to the east of Ilkley Moor).[1] It is situated below the top of the hill on a gentle south facing slope.[2] The circle is just over 800 metres south-east of the Twelve Apostles.[1] South-east of the circle there are several large cairns including The Skirtful of Stones.[3]
Description
[edit]The circle has a diameter of about 10 metres.[3] It is almost perfectly circular with twenty surviving stones.[3] The stones are set on the inside of a low bank, about 1.8 metres wide.[1][2] The circle has been described variously as a cairn circle, a ring cairn enclosure, or a stone circle.[4] One third of the circle on the south side has been destroyed by shooting butts.[1] Four large loose stones in the interior may have come from this break.[2] The interior was excavated circa 1846 which revealed a cremation, accompanied by a flint spearhead.[2]
In the 20th century there was additional damage in the form of a subrectangular earthwork mound said to be an "orgone accumulator".[2] Orgone is supposed to be a vital energy or life force which informs the universe, and which can be collected and stored in an orgone accumulator for subsequent use in the treatment of illness.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d James Dyer, (2001), Discovering Prehistoric England, page 230. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0747805075
- ^ a b c d e f Historic England. "GRUBSTONES (50140)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ a b c Timothy C. Darvill, Paul Stamper, Jane R. Timby, (2002), England: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600, page 149. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192841017
- ^ Paul Bennett, 1995, Circles, standing stones and legendary rocks of West Yorkshire, page 33. Heart of Albion
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