Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe

Standing Stone / Menhir
NZ674013

Nearest town:

Guisborough (16km NW)

OS reference:

NZ674013

OS sheet:

94

Latitude:

54° 24' 8.8 N

Longitude:

0° 57' 41.8 W

Added to TMA by

fitzcoraldo

Images (3)
Fieldnotes (2)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe by thesweetcheat

The east side of the stone, bench mark visible on lower left side.

Image credit: A. Brookes (25.4.2010)

thesweetcheat May 6, 2010

Image of Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe by thesweetcheat

Twisty, slabby goodness.

Image credit: A. Brookes (25.4.2010)

thesweetcheat May 6, 2010

Image of Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe by fitzcoraldo

fitzcoraldo Sep 9, 2002

Articles

Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe

Standing Stone / Menhir

thesweetcheat May 6, 2010

Unremarked on the OS 1:25000 map, which just indicates ‘BS’ for boundary stone, I wasn’t looking out for this as we passed (25.4.2010) but couldn’t exactly miss it! This is a great big slab of rock, over 6ft tall and right next to the road. It has been inscribed with landowner’s (pah!) initials as well as a bench mark. Hopefully it’ll still be here long into the future, when landowners are all gone and no-one knows the (ritual) significance of the mysterious arrow symbol...

Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe

Standing Stone / Menhir

fitzcoraldo Sep 1, 2002

This site has been an important cross roads since the beaker folk took residence on near-by Danby Rigg.
Close to this site are Old Ralph Cross, Young Ralph Cross and White Cross. These crosses make the confluence of major moorland pannier ways and also link the ancient sites of Danby Rigg, Castleton Rigg, Westerdale Moor (mesolithic) and Blakey Rigg.
Flat Howe is a minor round barrow but the nearby boundary stone is lovely.
It stands beside the road and is visible for some distance. The stone does not have the usual appearance of the local stones (see Blakey Howe) it is marked as a boundary stone with the Initials of the estate but from it’s appearence alone predates any of the Cleveland landed gentry.

Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe

Standing Stone / Menhir

fitzcoraldo Apr 7, 2004

The stone stands at the intersection of the parishes of Rosedale West, Farndale East & Westerdale.
It is considered to date to the Bronze Age & roughly contemporary with Flat Howe round barrow.
The letters TD are carved on the west face & are thought to stand for Thomas Duncombe and have been left in the 18th century as an estate marker.

Details from EH’s SMR extract

Sites within 20km of Margery Bradley Standing Stone / Flat Howe

Western Howes (Westerdale)

Cairn(s) • 1.28km NE

1
Blakey Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 1.58km SE

5

3
Little Blakey Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 2.02km SE

5

2
Loose Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 2.83km E
Loose Howe

Cup Marked Stone • 2.83km E

3

3

1
Blakey Ridge Handstone

3.38km SE

2

2
Kettle Howe

Round Cairn • 3.54km SE
Low Crag Dyke

Dyke • 3.61km NNE

3
Duffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 3.67km SW

1

1
Wolf Pit

Round Barrow(s) • 3.85km NE

3

1
Pind Howes

Round Barrow(s) • 4.31km NE

5

1
Cammon Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.96km WSW

4

3
Three Howes (Cockayne)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 5.15km WSW
Horn Ridge Cross Dyke

Dyke • 5.16km SSW
Pike Howe

Round Cairn • 5.4km SE
Peat Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.4km ENE

1
Danby Rigg Cross Dykes

Dyke • 5.57km NE

4
Rokan Stone

5.71km ENE

5

2

1
The Old Wife’s Stones

Natural Rock Feature • 5.9km NE
Little Hograh Moor

Standing Stones • 5.9km NW

2

1
Westerdale Moor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.96km NNW

6

1

1
Crown End, Westerdale

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.12km NNW

1

1
The Old Wife’s Stones Road

Ancient Trackway • 6.29km NE

2

1
Danby Rigg

Cairn(s) • 6.29km NE

28

9
Flat Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 6.38km E
Hart Leap Stones

Standing Stones • 6.46km ENE

1

1

1
Shunner Howe

Artificial Mound • 6.48km E

1

1
Glaisdale Rigg Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.56km ENE

4
Glaisdale Rigg Roadside Stone

6.63km ENE

2
Burton Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 6.94km W

1

1
Obtrusch

Cairn(s) • 6.99km S

1

5
Baysdale

Cup Marked Stone • 7.28km NW

5

1
Traverse Moor Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.51km E

2

1
Glaisdale. Black Hill Stone

Standing Stones • 7.62km ENE

3

1
Face Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.67km W

3

1
Three Howes (Spaunton Moor)

Round Barrow(s) • 7.75km ESE

1
Round Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.98km W

2

2
Kildale Moor

Cairn(s) • 7.99km NW

1

1
Box Hall/Castleton Moor

Enclosure • 8.19km N

1

1
Rudland

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.21km SSW

1
Battersby Moor Cross-Ridge Boundary

Dyke • 8.52km WNW

6

1
Urra Moor

Cup Marked Stone • 8.57km WSW
Harland Moor A

Stone Circle • 8.59km SSE

1

1
Urra Moor Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.68km W

5

1
Harland Moor

Stone Circle • 8.69km S

1

2

2
Urra Moor

8.87km W
Glaisdale Swang Stones

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.89km ENE

6

1

1
High Snapes

Ring Cairn • 8.97km SE
Three Howes Rigg (Commondale)

Round Barrow(s) • 9.12km N

5

1
Billy’s Dyke

Dyke • 9.21km W

2

3
Blue Man I’ The Moss

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.31km E

3

3
Kildale Un-named stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.32km NW

2

2
Harland Moor B

Kerbed Cairn • 9.39km SSE

1
Wheeldale Howe

Artificial Mound • 9.46km E

2

1

1
Kildale

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 9.48km WNW

1
Sand Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.5km NNW

1

1
Harland Moor D

9.59km SSE

1
Haw Rigg Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.6km N

1
Cheshire Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 9.68km W

1

1
Harland Moor E

9.69km SSE

1
Danby Beacon

Round Barrow(s) • 10.08km NE

3
Commondale

Stone Circle • 10.18km NW

14

1

6

2
Gerrick Moor Dyke

Dyke • 10.4km NNE

1
Elm Lodge, Danby Low Moor

Long Barrow • 10.42km NNE

2

1
Tripsdale / Bilsdale Bride Stones

Cairn circle • 10.43km WSW

5

5
Commondale Moor

Cairn(s) • 10.5km NW

2
Abrahams Hut

Round Cairn • 10.58km ESE
Moorsholm Rigg

Enclosure • 10.61km N
Bilsdale Midcable Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.64km WSW

1

1
Gerrick Moor 1

Round Barrow(s) • 10.67km NNE

3
Brown Rigg Howe 2

Round Barrow(s) • 10.75km NE
Old Castle Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.79km NNW

6

3

1
Brown Rigg Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 10.84km NE
Moorsholm Spring

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.85km N
Stony Ruck

Round Barrow(s) • 10.85km N
Brown Rigg Howe 2

Round Barrow(s) • 10.86km NE
Herd Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 10.89km NNE

6

1
Gerrick Moor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.93km NNE

2

2

2
Robin Hood’s Butts (Gerrick)

Round Barrow(s) • 10.94km NNE

3

1
The Bridestones

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.17km NW

5

2

1
Black Howes

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.22km NNW

2

3
Potato Nab

Round Barrow(s) • 11.3km SSW
Askew Rigg

Ring Cairn • 11.36km ESE
Rawland Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 11.38km NE

9
Three Howes Rigg (Easington Moor)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.4km NE

1
Freebrough Hill

Sacred Hill • 11.44km N

10

2

7
Hob on the Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.53km NNW

5

2
Percy Rigg Standing Stone

Standing Stones • 11.54km NW

2

1
Stone Ruckles

Round Barrow(s) • 11.57km SSW
Lealholm Moor

Ring Cairn • 11.57km NE

4
Black Dike Moor Pit Alignment

11.69km NE

2
Gisborough Moor

Round Barrow(s) • 11.71km NW

1
The Wainstones

Natural Rock Feature • 11.78km W

16

1

3
Easington High Moor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.8km NE

13

3

1
Old Wife (Lund Ridge)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.91km SW
Trennet

Dyke • 11.94km WSW

1

1
Lealholm Rigg

Round Barrow(s) • 11.97km NE
Percy Rigg

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.02km WNW

1

4
Murk Mire Moor

Cairn(s) • 12.06km E

1
Three Howes

Round Cairn • 12.06km E

5

2
Temple Beeld

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.11km NE

16

1

3

1
Cold Moor

Round Barrow(s) • 12.16km W

1
Three Howes (Cold Moor)

Round Barrow(s) • 12.17km W

1
Hanging Stone (Helmsley)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.21km SW

1
The Old Wifes Mound

Round Barrow(s) • 12.42km E
The Nan Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.53km NE

2

1
Leaf Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 12.61km E
Great Ayton Moor Enclosure

Enclosure • 12.61km WNW

4

5
Cod Hill, Sleddale

Round Barrow(s) • 12.77km NW

1
Three Howes (Guisborough Moor)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.85km NW

1
Great Ayton Moor Chambered Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.86km WNW

8

3

1
Lockwood Beck Farm

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.89km NNW

2
Blackpark

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.97km ESE

1
Spiers House

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.01km ESE
The Wheeldale Stones

Standing Stones • 13.11km ENE

17

2

8

1
In Moor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.31km ENE

7
Round Hill, Bilsdale West

Stone Circle • 13.54km WSW
Drake Howe

Cairn(s) • 13.55km W

2

3
Wheeldale Moor Cist

Cist • 13.66km E

2

3
Ugthorpe Moor Pit Alignment

13.66km NE

1
Green Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 13.71km WSW

1
High Park Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 13.94km NE

1
The Old Wife’s Well

Sacred Well • 14km E

2

3

3
Highcliff Nab

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.02km NW

5

1

1
Hunt House Crag

Standing Stones • 14.37km E

4

2

1
Howl Moor

Stone Circle • 14.46km E

9

1

2
Sour Milk Hills

Round Barrow(s) • 14.67km WSW
Hanging Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 14.67km WNW

3

1
Roseberry Topping

Sacred Hill • 14.81km WNW

16

3

21

4
Loose Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 14.88km NE

1
Stone Rook

Cairn(s) • 15.05km W

5

1
Lord Stones

Round Cairn • 15.15km W

9

1
Two Howes

Cairn(s) • 15.17km E

9

1
Stang Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 15.37km NE

5

2
The Raven Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 15.5km W

5
Lady Cross

Round Barrow(s) • 15.51km ENE

1
Kirkdale Hyena Cave

Cave / Rock Shelter • 15.58km SSE

4
Allan Tofts, Goathland

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 15.64km ENE

33

1

1
Airy Hill Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 15.67km NNW

4
Newton Under Roseberry Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 15.69km WNW

2

1
Iron Howe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.85km WSW

6

4
Simon Howe

Cairn(s) • 15.87km E

24

1

6
Cawthorne Camps

Round Barrow(s) • 15.95km ESE

1

1
Low Common

Round Barrow(s) • 16.1km SE

1
Rawcliffe Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 16.11km ESE

1
The Chair Stone

Standing Stones • 16.3km WSW

1
Roxby

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.42km NNE

9

1
Newton Mulgrave Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 16.55km NE

4

2

2
Newton Mulgrave Woods

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.6km NE

7

2
Newton Mulgrave Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.61km NE

2
Live Moor

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.84km W
Hutton Mulgrave

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.94km ENE
Low Bridestones

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.49km ENE

18

1

5

1
Brotton Howe

Cairn(s) • 17.5km N

1

1
Pockley Gates

Round Barrow(s) • 17.51km SSW

1
Howe Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 17.65km N
Live Moor Hill Fort, Whorlton

Hillfort • 17.74km W

1

1
Sil Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 17.76km ENE

1

1
High Bridestones

Stone Circle • 17.84km ENE

46

1

9

1
Breckon Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 18.06km ENE

6

2
Levisham Moor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.08km E

6

4
Pen Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 18.29km ENE

1

2
Flat Howes

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.35km ENE

8

1
Swarth Howe

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.47km ENE

6

8

1
Flass Brow

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.57km ENE

2

2
Howe Hill, Newby

Round Barrow(s) • 18.79km W

3

4
Sandy Lane Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.9km NW

2

2
Mount Pleasant

Round Barrow(s) • 19.08km WNW

2

1
Soapwell Wood

Round Barrow(s) • 19.13km NW
Far Black Rigg

Dyke • 19.14km E
Upleatham

Mesolithic site • 19.18km NNW

1
Street House

19.29km NNE

3

2

2
Robbed Howe

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.34km ENE

5

2
Sandy Lane

Ancient Trackway • 19.37km NW

1
Eston Moor Carved Stone

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 19.41km WNW

6

1

1
Court Green Howe

Round Barrow(s) • 19.44km NW
Patterson’s Bank

Round Barrow(s) • 19.48km NW

15

1

3

3
Greenlands Howe

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.55km ENE

9

2

2
Upleatham

Round Barrow(s) • 19.57km NW

6

1
Wade’s Stone (South)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.58km NE

10

2

3
Hilda’s Well

Sacred Well • 19.62km NE

2

4
Saltergate Moor

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.64km E

1
Foster Howe

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.93km E

5

2
Eston Nab

Hillfort • 19.96km WNW

13

15

3