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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Old Woman Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by h_fenton on Monday, 04 May 2009  Page Views: 7163

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Old Woman Stone
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Sheffield  Nearest Village: Bamford
Map Ref: SK22018467
Latitude: 53.358454N  Longitude: 1.67076W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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The Old Woman Stone
The Old Woman Stone submitted by h_fenton : The Old Woman Stone, showing the broken base of the stone. 2 May 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Old Woman Stone, on Bamford Moor. Prehistoric Standing stone, deliberately knocked over in the early 20thCentury so that ramblers could not use it as a route marker. The letters 'H A' and 'C P' have been carved into the face of the stone at some stage (not recently)

The stone along with is stump was about 2.5 metres high (or rather long as it lies on the ground), 1.4 metres wide, 0.5metres thick. It is local gritstone and has some deeply weathered grooved in it.

It is thought to be bronze age and associated with 'Bamford Moor South stone circle' which is about 200m SSE.
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The Old Woman Stone
The Old Woman Stone submitted by h_fenton : The Old Woman Stone, photograph of the top of the stone showing that it has deep grooves on both faces. 2 May 2009 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

The Old Woman Stone
The Old Woman Stone submitted by h_fenton : from the top of the stone, showing the deep grooves. 2 May 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Old Woman Stone
The Old Woman Stone submitted by Bladup : Deep grooves on the broken Old Woman Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Old Woman Stone
The Old Woman Stone submitted by Bladup : The Old Woman Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Old Woman Stone
The Old Woman Stone submitted by h_fenton : The Old Woman Stone, deliberately knocked over in the early 20th Century so that ramblers could not use it as a route marker. you can see its stump on the right 2 May 2009

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 172m SE 145° Bamford Moor South* Stone Circle (SK22118453)
 221m W 278° Stone on Bamford Moor* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK21798470)
 525m WNW 285° Bamford Moor Central* Cairn (SK215848)
 972m SE 126° Dennis Knoll* Cairn (SK228841)
 1.1km ESE 116° Sheepwash Bank Cairn (SK230842)
 1.3km WNW 300° Bamford Moor North Ring Cairn (SK209853)
 1.3km NNW 342° Moscar Moor* Stone Circle (SK21608591)
 1.7km SE 125° North Lees Romano British Village* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK2343083673)
 1.9km SE 133° Trinity Well (Hathersage)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK234834)
 2.0km NW 326° Priddock Wood Cairn (SK209863)
 2.2km NNW 348° Seven Stones Of Hordron* Stone Circle (SK2152486851)
 2.6km ESE 114° Robin Hood's Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK244836)
 2.7km NW 325° Ladybower Tor* Rock Art (SK204869)
 3.3km SSE 165° Healing Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK229815)
 4.1km S 190° Offerton Moor East Cairn (SK213806)
 4.2km SSW 192° Offerton Moor West Ring Cairn Ring Cairn (SK2115580550)
 4.2km S 190° Offerton Moor* Stone Circle (SK213805)
 4.3km NW 304° Crook Hill* Stone Circle (SK184871)
 4.5km ENE 58° New Hagg (Hallam Moors)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK2581587058)
 4.6km SSW 202° Smelting Hill* Stone Circle (SK203804)
 4.6km S 187° Highlow Bank* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK215801)
 4.7km SE 136° Winyards Nick* Round Barrow(s) (SK253813)
 4.7km SSW 203° Abney Moor I* Stone Circle (SK202803)
 4.8km ENE 63° Reddicar Clough (Hallam Moor) Cairn (SK26248688)
 4.8km SSW 213° Burton Bole* Round Barrow(s) (SK194806)
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Re: The Old Woman Stone by aknifethatfellfromthesky on Monday, 22 June 2009
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i have seen it refered to as ''the mad womans stone'' nevertheless its well worth looking for...actually its quite easy if you dont go in the height of summer when the heather is high. dean
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Re: The Old Woman Stone by TheCaptain on Monday, 04 May 2009
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see English Heritage's Scheduled monument register.
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Re: The Old Woman Stone by h_fenton on Monday, 04 May 2009
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This stone is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1:25k map
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