Eston Moor Cup and Ring Stone | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

John McCue Jul 28, 2020 18:24:50

Hello all,

I'm new to archaeology, but I've been a lover of the NY Moors and the Cleveland Hills all my life. I have recently moved to Skelton, and was actually alerted to the Eston Moor Stone by a school friend who's been in NZ for about 25 years!

Curious to see it, I set off on Sunday, 26 July, but couldn't find it. Armed with GPS and OS apps, I tried again today, 28 July. I found the position where there was a depression but no stone. The depression (about 8 feet by 4 feet and about a foot deep at most) was the same size and orientation as the picture on MA. I took lat/long and grid.ref. of the site. Back home I plotted the MA grid. ref. and the MA lat/long. They were about 100m apart if I've done this correctly, and my measurements on site were in between the two.

If I've got this right, has the stone been taken? I'll see where I can post photos.

Best wishes,

John

moss Jul 29, 2020 06:15:26

Replying to John McCue

Hi, welcome to TMA. A quick look at the net and this comes up on the blog of 'The Smell of Water', Fitzcolorado's blog. I am sure if you got in touch he would help, as would others of course.

https://teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/eston-moor-cup-ring-stones/

John McCue Aug 27, 2020 15:00:30

Replying to John McCue

Hi all,

Thanks for your help. I've found it at grid 56391 17343, which is the position given on the Megalithic Portal website. It was almost covered by heather, so I clipped it back so more of the stone was visible.

The Moordale Bog stone, though smaller, is much more interesting, with pecks and grooves. It was covered in lichen and when I cleaned that off, I could see what a fine stone it is.

Best wishes,

John

spencer Aug 27, 2020 17:13:27

Replying to John McCue

Certainly a bit of a swine to find without GPS, it took me half an hour using pix as references a couple of years back. Glad you did, it's nice. Plenty of other sites on that moor yet to be listed