Gibbet Moor Standing Stones

Nearest town:
Bakewell (6km WSW)
OS reference:
SK28146973
OS sheet:
119
Latitude:
53° 13' 24.78 N
Longitude:
1° 34' 42.49 W
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Image of Gibbet Moor Standing Stones by Chris Collyer

The chair stone. This stone is thought to be natural but is said could have formed a ‘prominent feature’ of the cairnfiled. I should coco!

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Aug 5, 2008
Image of Gibbet Moor Standing Stones by stubob

03/02. The smaller stone to the right is also listed on the NMR as a standing stone. There does appear to be traces of a kerb as with its larger partner.

stubob
stubob Mar 8, 2008
Image of Gibbet Moor Standing Stones by stubob

SK281696. Nice stone visible from quite a distance. Looks to be in the remains of a cairnfield.

stubob
stubob Oct 18, 2002

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Gibbet Moor Standing Stones

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Aug 4, 2008

Fairly easy to find and a short walk across the heather from the track that runs along the western edge of the moor. In Stu’s photo from 2002 the area looks to have been recently burnt off and as of summer 2008 the area to the west hasn’t fully regenerated although the stones themselves are starting to become engulfed in heather and rush and the smaller stones that may have formed part of a kerb are already covered.
The suggestion that the natural stone to the west could have been a prominent feature seems very plausible as it sticks out like a sore thumb, looking like some kind of megalithic sun lounger.
Some nice views to the northwest round to the northeast. OS Ref SK28146973

Gibbet Moor Standing Stones

stubob
stubob Oct 18, 2002

There are 2 standing stones here located on the northern edge of a cairnfield; 1 stands about a metre in height the other, less than 1m away, about half this height. They both look to be kerbed. Another upright slab is also visible 30m away to the west and although probably natural the NMR says that it is likely to have formed a prominent feature of the cairnfield.

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