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Stone Circle
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The English Heritage description describes this as the remains of a stone circle, 16m in diameter. It gives the details quoted above by BG, and goes on to say "Within the SW part of the circle there is a small circular mound of stones and earth standing to a height of 0.1m."
This is pretty accurate, but stretching the meaning of "standing". Leaning at 45 degrees more like. It's rather overgrown, and the smaller stones are almost invisible under the marram grass. The circular mound was only discernible as rougher going underfoot
The placement of the circle within the surrounding landscape is worthy of note. It is tucked away in a fold in Ridley Common. Cuddy's crags to the south, and Greenlee Lough to the north are imposing features, but neither is visible from the circle. A gap in the horizon draws attention to the snazzy natural feature at Queen's Crags. Investigation of alignments between the circle and this feature may prove interesting. There are a few subliminal recumbent figures in the horizon for those who care to look. The overall effect of it's placement in the landscape is to make the circle appear to be hiding from any possible viewers.
The circle is close to the Pennine way, but is reached via a private track. It's also not accessible to anyone who might have trouble getting over a stile. Also note that the private track is marked as unfenced on the OS map. It's not, so trying a shortcut will probably mean getting entangled in barbed wire.
It's about 45-60mins from the B6318, which has small lay-bys available for those with cars to park. The spot on the map with the blue phone symbol is probably best for this, but in the real world, there's not actually a phone to mark the spot, so blink and you miss it.
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Posted by Hob
3rd March 2004ce
Edited 11th February 2005ce
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