Agreed..made my first visit there on horribly dank day early this year, for some reason I want to see this one under snow. Doh, didn't wander down to the standing stone...still, just twenty miles from my door. Ta for the photographic reminder
Only visited once, about 6/7 years ago. A lovely site (and photo) but the sites around here and Stanton Moor freak me out a little bit. Not a lot (Paul Daniels) but just a bit of unease. Don't know why. There seems to be a disproportionate number of 'weird stories' about this area too, same as Ilkley in Yorks.
Maybe it's the spirits, maybe it's the quiet, maybe it's too much caffeine, maybe it's a load of old bollocks.
ED, too right about the weird. A place of strangeness... ever been freaked out by a sheep? Don't scoff, serious. I was wandering about on a dank autumn evening on Stanton in the '80s and I encountered this ram, b i g, looked feral, huge set of horns, tangled coat. Kid not, it looked like a devil sheep. Other. Something else within. Just stared at me. Those eyes. Yes, hair did go up on the back of my neck.... I still have a pic I took, if I had means to convert from transparency I'd upload. Would stop any titterers who read this dead in their tracks and they'd just go 'FEK!!!' Maybe even 'EEEK!!' That's Stanton.
Faced with the choice between heading to Doll Tor or over Stanton moor (see my notes), I went down to Doll Tor. Partly as it 'felt' ok, whereas the Nine Ladies gives me a different sense. I want to explore there, but have no desire to linger.
Spencer - I was once freaked out by a sheep I couldn't see. Does that count? Lake District, Pitch black, and walking through trees on my way to the pub. Suddenly the sound of footsteps in the dead leaves nearby. Something was moving when I moved and stopping when I stopped! All fears of a mad axeman were quelled when I eventually saw the woolly bugger.
Ruskus- Nine ladies does seem to be the focus of a lot of weirdness. I've read a number of reports of people feeling that something isn't right around there and I would generally agree. But it's vague. I wonder if it's a psychological state brought about by the landscape perhaps, the lie of the land, the trees, the knowledge that the area has been 'special' in some sense for so long. I don't know. I enjoy the thrill of the slightly uncomfortable feelings you get at some sites but, like you, I wouldn't be hanging around for too long.
I must admit I've always found Nine Ladies very welcoming, even in dense fog. It was the second stone circle I ever visited and I love it, even though it's usually a bit busy for my taste. But Doll Tor is something else, an intimate and lovely place. Although the cows/bullocks can be a complete nightmare to get past to get there.
That's lovely. What a brilliant site Doll Tor is.
Agreed..made my first visit there on horribly dank day early this year, for some reason I want to see this one under snow. Doh, didn't wander down to the standing stone...still, just twenty miles from my door. Ta for the photographic reminder
That is so lovely & within reach; I shall go.
Only visited once, about 6/7 years ago. A lovely site (and photo) but the sites around here and Stanton Moor freak me out a little bit. Not a lot (Paul Daniels) but just a bit of unease. Don't know why. There seems to be a disproportionate number of 'weird stories' about this area too, same as Ilkley in Yorks.
Maybe it's the spirits, maybe it's the quiet, maybe it's too much caffeine, maybe it's a load of old bollocks.
ED, too right about the weird. A place of strangeness... ever been freaked out by a sheep? Don't scoff, serious. I was wandering about on a dank autumn evening on Stanton in the '80s and I encountered this ram, b i g, looked feral, huge set of horns, tangled coat. Kid not, it looked like a devil sheep. Other. Something else within. Just stared at me. Those eyes. Yes, hair did go up on the back of my neck.... I still have a pic I took, if I had means to convert from transparency I'd upload. Would stop any titterers who read this dead in their tracks and they'd just go 'FEK!!!' Maybe even 'EEEK!!' That's Stanton.
Hmm... Don't doubt it.
Faced with the choice between heading to Doll Tor or over Stanton moor (see my notes), I went down to Doll Tor. Partly as it 'felt' ok, whereas the Nine Ladies gives me a different sense. I want to explore there, but have no desire to linger.
However, at Doll Tor, I could stay all day...
Spencer - I was once freaked out by a sheep I couldn't see. Does that count? Lake District, Pitch black, and walking through trees on my way to the pub. Suddenly the sound of footsteps in the dead leaves nearby. Something was moving when I moved and stopping when I stopped! All fears of a mad axeman were quelled when I eventually saw the woolly bugger.
Ruskus- Nine ladies does seem to be the focus of a lot of weirdness. I've read a number of reports of people feeling that something isn't right around there and I would generally agree. But it's vague. I wonder if it's a psychological state brought about by the landscape perhaps, the lie of the land, the trees, the knowledge that the area has been 'special' in some sense for so long. I don't know. I enjoy the thrill of the slightly uncomfortable feelings you get at some sites but, like you, I wouldn't be hanging around for too long.
Freaky sheep: themodernantiquarian.com/site/11794/piercefield_camp.html
I must admit I've always found Nine Ladies very welcoming, even in dense fog. It was the second stone circle I ever visited and I love it, even though it's usually a bit busy for my taste. But Doll Tor is something else, an intimate and lovely place. Although the cows/bullocks can be a complete nightmare to get past to get there.