"On top of a flat plateau on this moor, with an extensive view on all sides save on the north, where there is a gentle slope for some hundreds of yards up to the summit of the hill, there are distinct traces of a circular ring of small stones. Pygmie flints have been picked up within a yard or two, but the only other fact to be noted about this earthwork is that there is a tradition to the effect that much earth has been removed from this site. It is not altogether impossible that this is a scanty remnant of a round barrow"
The Ancient History Of Huddersfield: Early Man In The District of Huddersfield by James A. Petch 1921
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On 21st July 1902, a water engineer, Mr W. Patterson, announced the discovery of a Bronze Age stone circle.
The circle had 10 irregular stone uprights measuring 36 ft in diameter, with an inner horseshoe-shaped stone wall-like feature which was 12 ft across. One of the uprights was 6 ft 3 in long. The stones were of the local millstone grit. Remains of a cremation were also found.
The circle is now submerged beneath Walshaw Dean Middle Reservoir and only visible in times of severe drought.
In formation from http://www.halifax-today.co.uk/specialfeatures/triviatrail/w.html
West Yorkshire Archaeological Survey say 10 stones of 0.6mtrs encircled a smaller circle
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I wasn't expecting to be able to find this art, given my innability when it comes to such things. Considering that this is fibre-glass, it looks excellent and I wasn't aware of its deficiency prior to tapping it. Don't touch and you won't know, unless you read this first!
Dave 26th March 2004
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Very similar to what I imagine the burial tombs at the other end of the moor were once like. The carving is cracking and reminds me of the unfurling bud in springtime, perhaps a symbol of renewal.
Despite the news from above post, the carving still looks good!
3rd March 2004
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John Watson, an eighteenth century local historian and antiquarian, writes about druidical stones called the "Wolf Stones". Barkisland, a nearby village translates to "wolf country". In 1905, five sets of cremated remains and an urn were reported to have been found within a small mound at the centre of the circle.
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Visited 13th July 2003
I followed Burls circuitous route around Avebury, but this was not before having an entertaining beer in the Red Lion. A gentleman by the name of Badg (probably Badger) entertained the bikers, crusties and bemused families with small children. He cursed the motorized ones from his vantage point of the white lines in the middle of the road. Great stuff.
There are a few crop circles there at the moment, I couldn't see their design from where I was. I wasn't going to walk up to them as I had a 350 mile journey ahead of me.
This is much better than stonehenge, pitty about the obelisks
Dave
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Live in and run a pub called the Rat & Ratchet in Huddersfield. Come and see me and we can talk about all sorts of stuff from Stone Circles to Heritage Action.
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