Thimbleby Moor Nine Stones Stone Circle View all content for Thimbleby Moor Nine Stones

I was up at this site yesterday with Steve Grey. It's a nightmare to interpret. I have searched the books and have only been able to come up with one reference to these stones (see misc). Basically what you have is two pairs of standing stones aligned to the cardinal points. Steve has some very credible theories as to how a circle could have been constructed around these stones and why the other stones have been removed. On further investigation we found a number of large stones, on the other side of the stone wall in the plantation, some of which showed evidence that they had once been upright. The moor itself is a megalithic jumble, there are other stones that have obviously been stood up, one intersting group forms part of a linear earthwork running across the contour at approx SE473955 and is similar in nature to the cross ridge dykes found on other parts of the moors. One thing you can't ignore with this site is it's setting. It is in the shadow of Black Hambleton and close to the prehistoric ridgeway of Hambleton Street and the views across the northern part of the Vale of York to the Pennines beyond. Black Hambleton is a beautiful hill that can be seen from many sites across the moors as well as from the Pennines and the Vale of York. The vibe of this site is very similar to that of the High Bridestones - we know something was going on here but we're not sure what. A possible circle/row in the shadow of an impressive hill close to a major prehistoric trade route.

Posted by fitzcoraldo 19th May 2004ce Edited 19th May 2004ce

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