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Last but by no means least of the day, the wonderful Barbrook two, not some misidentified terrorists, but a lovingly restored stone circle/ring cairn kind of monument. From the almost too perfect cairn near Barbrook 1, I counted three small kerb cairns, one which may still have its cist cover, even though the cist is long gone. The entrance to the ring cairn points approxiamately to the summer solstice, ie north east. Ten little stones make up the stone circle, some of them are barely high enough to poke free of the cairn, they all face the inside of the circle. The autumn colours are beginning to show off a bit, and I never had the nervous, black feeling I got the first time I came to Barbrook . It is beautifully reconsructed, as are the nearby cairns, all is well on the moor today, theres even a kite flyer and his overly enthusiastic dad. |
Posted by postman23rd September 2011ce |
| From Barbrook I, find a track a few yards beyond the cairn to the NE and then follow it approx NNW for just over 200 metres. |
Posted by Idwal23rd January 2007ce |
| Spectacular but got more of a feeling that this is the foundations of a building (roundhouse) than a ceremonial circle, especially with the remnants of other smaller round buildings very nearby. The whole site seems to be part of a settlement - why isn't this documented??? |
Posted by Karris 29th August 2006ce |
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As we left Barbrook I, I asked Stu if the circle was the best site on the moor, he said nowt and gave me a wry smile. I now know what that smile meant. Is this a stone circle or a circle of stone? Whatever it is, it's a cracker. I've always maintained that reconstruction should be done on a case by case basis. In this case the reconstruction is absolutely spot-on. A premier league site. |
Posted by fitzcoraldo20th January 2004ce |
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A real Beaut....you'll not come across owt like it. When following the Path from Barbrook one, look for the small cairns that sit by the path, there's an excellent small, restored, kerb cairn on the right hand side of the path before you get to this stone circle. |
Posted by stubob26th March 2002ce Edited 23rd September 2011ce |
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An embanked stone circle restored. Restored? It doesn't feel right. It might be exactly right, and it is me that is out of kilter, but again again again it doesn't feel right. More reminiscent of hut circles on Holyhead and in Cornwall, I imagine a conical thatched roof over my head and a secular purpose: the moot-hall for tribal chieftains, or the place to give tribute to the overlord. But not a sacred space. Then again: there is definitely signs of a cist, covered by a cup-marked stone, so no doubt at some time at least one of our ancestors was buried here. But too puzzling. Too restored. Not right. |
Posted by Serenissima 28th December 2001ce |
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| "The Barbrook II Stone Circle. This small stone circle is one of two that lie within a large cairnfield on Ramsley Moor, which is part of the Big Moor complexlying to the east of Bar Brook. It was extensively excavated in the 1960’s and restored in 1989. The circle is now probably much as it was around 2000BC The irregular ring of standing stones is set in a drystone wall retaining the inner edge of a rubble bank, with an entrance to the north east. Only one standing stone is significantly higher than the bank,. This lies a little south of west and has no obvious astronomical explanation. Although a variety of rituals and ceremonies probably took place at the circle, it is those connected with death that not surprisingly have left traces in the ground. Four human cremations were deposited in the south western half of the interior, two in simple pits, one in a pit under a small cairn, and one in a small burial box known as a cist. " Peak District - John Barnatt and Ken Smith. |
Posted by BrigantesNation 22nd August 2003ce |
| Not even on the Landranger map, but an easy walk 200 metres N/NNW from Barbrook I. |
Posted by Holy McGrail2nd January 2002ce |
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