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No, sorry. Good intentions pave the way to hell, or so I'm told. The outlying stone pairs aren't very tall, perhaps 9" to a foot. Maybe I'll get pictures of it next year. The four-poster, at Whitehouse, is in itself an outlier, of a strange stone monument, a mile away. The latter structure has one well-defined remaining gateway and lining up one of the 'door' stones up with one on a corner points at Whitehouse Four-poster. All the bits are SMRed, some in Northumberland, some in Cumbria.

Hi Megadread,

Don't have any information on other four-posters in England, but the Gibbet Moor site is well worth a visit if you haven't already (let me know if you need specific directions etc). It's fairly easy to find, although is hidden somewhat amongst vegetation.

Only three uprights remain and they are fairly small. Delightful site though and great views.

There are a few other things to see on Gibbet Moor too. Just up from the GM North there are three rubble circles that are intriguing. Initially I was lead to believe they are ringcairns, but more recent theories say they are more likely to be hut circles as there are signs of extensive settlement on the moor. Still worth seeing though. Of course the hill is also crowned by the magnificent Hob Hurst's House!

When I met John Barnatt he showed me some of the results of the excavations etc. on the moor and at the time they were done, after a burn off of the heather, there were also some really delightful cairns with stone-lined chambers to be seen, but sadly these have now disappeared under the peat etc.

Oh and don't bother with Gibbet Moor South, despite it being listed as a ringcairn! There's very little to see and is more likely to be remnants of settlement activity also, or as the venerable Mr. Barnatt so succinctly puts it 'a fortuitous arrangement of rocks'. Personally I think the latter applies.