The farmer closes the field off at lambing time (in 2003 that was in Early April).
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Grendel
That is shocking...but sadly typical.
The MultiMap aerial image ‘seems’ to show a semi-circular pale feature in the right place. See:
When we first visited the site the area had suffered from a fire (always an advantage for stone hunters). Tis tricky to locate.
Lovely little site but as with all circles, best to go in February.
There may be a fourth chamber.
The stone with the cross on is, apparently, locally known as the Mire Stone. It is an outlier to the main circle (can confirm Iron Man’s comments on what remains!) and has the cross to mark a ‘modern’ administrative boundary.
Strange site in a nice location. Mind the grassy slope up to the tomb – could be lethal in the wet.
No muddy digging needed – it is there.
The site you talk of exists and is the subject of an article in the current (issue 90) of Northern Earth. It is called The Bullstones.
Me thinks Burl did not actually visit this site.
It was there and complete less than 50 years ago but...
Visited the Ladies today (14/04/02) and some fool(s) have been out with the tea lights overnight (we can pin it down to last night as we know someone who went yesterday).
What possesses someone to be so disrespectful?
Grendel
This site is a cracker – it must be the least visited decent stone circle in the Peak District. As for outliers – John Barnatt mentions four in his 1978 book but calls all but one “fortuitously placed boulders” in his 1990 book – one is believed to be a pack horse trail marker. Good photos on the Megalithic Portal