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Moor Divock stone circles, Askham
Moor Divock Stone Circles
locality:-   Moor Divock
civil parish:-   Askham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   stone circle
coordinates:-   NY49402196
coordinates:-   NY494220 (circle 4) 
coordinates:-   NY493222 (circle 5) 
coordinates:-   NY483222 (Cockpit) 
1Km square:-   NY4921
1Km square:-   NY4922
1Km square:-   NY4822
10Km square:-   NY42

photograph
BNW96.jpg  Circle.
(taken 30.7.2007)  
photograph
BNW97.jpg  Circle.
(taken 30.7.2007)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 10) 
placename:-  Druidical Circle
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Druidical Circle"
circle with a small circle inside at SE edge 
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Moor Dovack
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P163, button  goto source
Page 163:-  "..."
"... White-raise, a large karn of stones, and near it are the remains of a small circus, ten stones of which are still erect. A little further on, are the vestiges of a larger one of 22 paces by 25. All the stones except the pillar are removed. It stands on the south side of the circus, and the place is called Moor-Dovack. ..."
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Moor Divock stone circle, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0364.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS743
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Moor Divock stone circle, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0365.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS744
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Moor Divock stone circle, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0366.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS745
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  cist
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, cist at Moor Divock stone circles, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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HB0367.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS746
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Stone Circle on Moor Divock, Askham, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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HMW023.jpg
On p.28 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, top  "Stone Circle (f) on Moor / Divock (Askham parish)."
RCHME no. Wmd, Askham 45 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.23
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hearsay:-  
 Several stone circles.
Moor Divock 4 - cairn circle, ring of 10 stones about 11.5m across.
Moor Divock 5 - cairn circle, 3 stones left
Circles between no.5 and White Raise are all gone.
Cockpit - stones in a bank, 26m diameter.

Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria: Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex):: ISBN 0 85033 566 3
Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States)
notes:-  
 Marked stones; about NY49402196.

Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire)
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