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Park Gate Stone Circle — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by thesweetcheat13th November 2016ce |
Harland Edge (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Pics don't do this site any justice, so i'm not going to post any. just visit if you can, it's well worth the trek through the heather. There's also abundant inter-visibility going on. Stunning and weird little site. There's nothing else like it in the area, or anywhere i know of. |
Posted by harestonesdown3rd June 2016ce |
Park Gate Stone Circle — Images |
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Posted by stubob4th February 2015ce |
Park Gate Stone Circle — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 2.5.14 Directions: Follow the track that skirts the edge of Hell Bank Plantation. Where the track turns sharply to the south-west a ‘path’ continues to the north-west. Here you will find a small wooden sign pointing to Hob Hurst’s House or to Robin Hood’s House. Take the path towards Robin Hood’s House. As the path takes a slight turn to the right come off the path and head to the right (east). Although the circle can’t be seen from the path you shouldn’t have too much difficulty spotting it. The walk only takes about 15 minutes from where you park the car. The stone circle is actually quite circular! The circle is about 8m in diameter. Nearly all of the stones have fallen. One is leaning at an accute angle and only one is upright. This stone is about 1m high. In the centre of the circle are lots of large stones. The surroundings are of bleak (in a nice way) open moorland with good views. I liked this stone circle (much better than Wet Withens!) and would highly recommend a look when visiting the more famous nearby Hob Hurst’s House. Despite the fact that several cars were parked up I saw no one else at either site. |
Posted by CARL 7th May 2014ce |
Beeley Warren (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 2.5.14 Although the moor is covered in knee/waist high heather this Cairn is easy to spot for two reasons. Firstly it is quite large and secondly it is right next to the track skirting Hell Bank Plantation. This is the track you take when visiting Hob Hurst’s House / Park Gate stone circle. The Cairn is also covered in heather but its size gives its location away. I did not spot any of the other nearby Cairns – although to be fair I wasn’t going out of my way to look for them! Worth a quick look when passing when visiting the other sites |
Posted by CARL 7th May 2014ce |
Harland Edge (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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[visited 11/13] Out for a birthday sojourn, my actual target was the possible cup marks nearby, but it seemed churlish to ignore this so close to them. Getting here isn't the easiest, I settled for a 20 minute trek through the heathery bog across Harland Sick from Hell Bank plantation. Not that easy but ok this late in the year. When I finally got here, it was well worth the effort. What a weird weird site. The peaks does have a habit of unusual sites, hob hurst's house being a km or so away, but this one may take the biscuit. From what I could tell on the ground and the HER, its basically two mounds separated by an open passage at both ends, including portal stones. I don't know how much is left here, mounds of rocks are nearby, so this could be the bottom metre only, with the passage perhaps originally being covered turning this into one mound. All in all odd, I'll try and get back here once I've found and read more reports on it... Access is across open moorland for a km at least. The way straight across the moor from Hell Bank is easier than from Hob Hurst's house, but still painfully awkward. |
Posted by juamei14th January 2014ce |
Harland Edge (Cairn(s)) — Images |
 
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Posted by stubob 7th February 2013ce |
Park Gate Stone Circle — Images |
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Posted by stubob 5th December 2012ce |
Beeley North (South 2) — Fieldnotes |
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Supposedly two ring cairns next to each other (confusingly called Beeley North South 1 and 2) - this one is the obvious one which is a clear rubble ring once you're on/in it. It's hard to see from a distance though. The other one should be adjacent, but there's no discernible ring there, although there are some stones on the ground which might mark a bit of it (I forgot to take a photo though!). |
Posted by Emma A4th October 2012ce |
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