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The Pepperpot can be easily found (even in summer when obscured by bracken) by following these directions lifted from the site http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/ilkley/white.htm: Behind White Wells, take the path upwards from the west end of the building. Where the land levels out, there is a small steep path up to the right - scramble up! After 50 metres the path divides - keep left up the edge of the escarpment to join the main path on the top. There is a carved rock only 6 metres up the main path - a small rock with 5 carved cups. Return down the main path for a few metres looking for a faint path to the left. The Pepperpot lies 15 metres into the bracken to the South West. |
Posted by Moz 20th July 2004ce |
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SE 11807 46546 Number 261 in "Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding" |
Posted by greywether20th April 2004ce |
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We only got to this stone thanks to Stubob's GPS so if you're GPS-less you'll have to keep your eyes open or go in winter when the grass is low. It's a great stone and is well suited to it's name. |
Posted by fitzcoraldo11th August 2003ce Edited 11th August 2003ce |
| Chris's non-exact directions are about right. Only if you go in summer the stone is well hidden in high bracken and not visible from the path. |
Posted by stubob10th August 2003ce Edited 10th August 2003ce |
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It is easy to see how this rock got it’s name. A medium size stone with the top part covered in cups – nearly 50 of them, that does indeed resemble a pepperpot. On a lower part of the rock there are a further 17 cups. I can’t give exact directions as I had cut across the hillside from Willy Hall’s Wood, but it is about 20 paces to the right of a well used track that leads uphill southeast from close to White Wells towards a small wood. There is another stone on the other side of the track that has about half a dozen faint cups. |
Posted by Chris Collyer21st March 2003ce Edited 21st March 2003ce |
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