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 | |
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BNW96.jpg Circle. (taken 30.7.2007) BNW97.jpg Circle. (taken 30.7.2007) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 10) placename:- Druidical Circle |
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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 |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Moor Dovack |
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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. 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. ..." |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, b/w, Moor Divock stone circle, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside,
Westmorland, 1890s? click to enlarge HB0364.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS743 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, b/w, Moor Divock stone circle, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside,
Westmorland, 1890s? click to enlarge HB0365.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS744 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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source data:- | Photograph, b/w, Moor Divock stone circle, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside,
Westmorland, 1890s? click to enlarge HB0366.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS745 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s item:- cist |
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source data:- | Photograph, b/w, cist at Moor Divock stone circles, Askham, Westmorland, by Herbert
Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s? click to enlarge HB0367.jpg item:- Armitt Library : ALPS746 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936 |
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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. click to enlarge 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 Image © see bottom of page |
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hearsay:- |
Several stone circles. |
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Moor Divock 4 - cairn circle, ring of 10 stones about 11.5m across. |
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Moor Divock 5 - cairn circle, 3 stones left |
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Circles between no.5 and White Raise are all gone. |
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Cockpit - stones in a bank, 26m diameter. |
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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) |
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notes:- |
Marked stones; about NY49402196. |
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Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud,
Gloucestershire) |
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