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*****SWAAG_ID***** | 821 |
Date Entered | 27/07/2014 |
Updated on | 15/09/2014 |
Recorded by | Doug Waugh |
Category | Standing Stones / Circles |
Record Type | Archaeology |
SWAAG Site | Ellerton Moor |
Site Access | Public Access Land |
Record Date | 24/07/2014 |
Location | On the plateau of Ellerton Moor |
Civil Parish | Ellerton Abbey |
Brit. National Grid | SE 06098 96729 |
Altitude | 330m |
Record Name | Standing stone |
Record Description | A large standing stone, with small stones at the base and possible linked to a nearby enclosure and to further smaller standing stones.
This stone stands within the unsurveyed coaxial field system and bronze age cairnfield and settlement of Ellerton Moor. It is hoped that a survey of the complex prehehistoric landscape on Ellerton Moor will be done and that may show this stone predates the coaxial field system appearing to be aligned on it. |
Dimensions | 1m 25cm x 1m x 70cm. |
Image 1 ID | 5816 Click image to enlarge |
Image 1 Description | Looking E showing the stone, the plinth of small stones and the lack of heather close to the standing stone. | |
Image 2 ID | 5814 Click image to enlarge |
Image 2 Description | This picture - looking S - is to show the link of stones between the standing stone and the large enclosure whose NE corner is 4mtrs from the stone in a SW direction and about 1mtr higher than the ground around the stone. Unfortunately much of the link is hidden beneath the heather, but enough can be glimpsed to understand the situation. See record 822 for details of the enclosure itself. | |
Image 3 ID | 5815 Click image to enlarge |
Image 3 Description | The area to the W of the standing stone showing a depressed area with lines of small stones very evident on the east and south, less so the west and non-existent to the north. | |
Image 4 ID | 5617 Click image to enlarge |
Image 4 Description | Looking SW towards the large stone, showing three stones prior to it. Could they be connected? | |