View over Barbrook 1 Stone Circle, Ramsley Big Moor, Peak Distri Photograph by Dave Porter


Barbrook III stone circle Derbyshire Derbyshire Heritage

A circle of free-standing stones, enclosed within a thick drystone wall that stands only slightly lower than the tops of the stones. I'm instantly in love with this place. We've never been before, another omission long awaiting correction.


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The Drombeg Stone Circle in Ireland is a popular and well-preserved ancient Neolithic site, made up of 13 pillar stones that are over 6 feet high. The stone circle was built around 3,000 years ago.


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Characteristic examples of both stone circles and barrows can be identified on an area of Ramsley Moor, including three circles now known as Bar Brook Nos 1, 2 and 3. Number 2, at SK 277758,.


Barbrook 2 Embanked Stone Circle North of Chatsworth, Derbyshire

Barbrook I stone circle BARBROOK I STONE CIRCLE - SK279756 Barbrook I stone circle is to be found on Barbrook Moor which has a number of stone circles of varying quality. Barbrook I, Barbrook II and Barbrook III are the best examples to visit.


Barbrook II stone circle Derbyshire Heritage

The Bavarian State Archaeological Collection ( German: Archäologische Staatssammlung, until 2000 known as the Prähistorische Staatssammlung, State Prehistoric Collection) in Munich is the central museum of prehistory of the State of Bavaria, considered to be one of the most important archaeological collections and cultural history museums in.


Barbrook II, Stone Circle Derbyshire Peak Distirct by Alastair Ross, via 500px Megalithic

Barbrook III (Owler Bar) (Stone Circle) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 21 images, 9 fieldnotes, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.


Barbrook 1 Stone Circle © Bill Boaden ccbysa/2.0 Geograph Britain and Ireland

Barbrook II stone circle is not marked on any of the maps but is located 600m to the north-north-west of Barbrook I. It is of a similar size to Barbrook I, consisting of an irregular set of nine (originally ten) stones set into a low dry-stone wall, 14.5m by 13.5m in diameter, 3.5m wide and 0.5m high, with one entrance to the north-east.


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Barbrook One (grid reference SK27857558) is a stone circle on Ramsley Moor in the Peak District."Barbrook No. 1" is an embanked stone circle.[1] It has one l. Barbrook One (grid.


Barbrook stone circle © David Lally ccbysa/2.0 Geograph Britain and Ireland

When we first got into stone circles, I read that the Barbrook sites and Big Moor were closed for environmental reasons - this was in the days before the Countryside and Rights of Way Act opened up swathes of access land, and before the internet might have told me different - so we never came here on our earlier Peaks holidays.


Big Moor stone circle known as Barbrook... © Neil Theasby ccbysa/2.0 Geograph Britain and

There are three stones circles known about on Barbrook Moor (also known as 'Big Moor') on the other side of the Sheffield Road (the A621), which runs from the large roundabout at the bottom of the hill near Baslow.


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A loop route past Barbrook stone circle, across the moorland to Curbar Edge, along to Froggart Edge, through the woods, along the road, across to White Edge then divert towards the road before following Barbrook back towards the start. Distance: 13km Difficulty: Novice Rating: 4/5


Barbrook I Stone Circle The Modern

The third of the three true stone circles on Barbrook Moor (there are also two circles which are now thought to be ring cairns ), Barbrook III is also known as Owler Bar and stands on a plateau in the northeast corner of the moor close to a reservoir.


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P.N. Appleton and R.W. Few Chapter Get access Share Cite Summary Abstract The Barbrook stone circles and their outliers have been the subject of a total of 16 claimed astronomical alignments (Thom 1967, Barnatt 1978). We have re-surveyed the sites in order to test these claims.


View over Barbrook 1 Stone Circle, Ramsley Big Moor, Peak Distri Photograph by Dave Porter

BARBROOK III Stone Circle - SK283774. This is one of the largest stone circles in the Peak District, but is formed from the smallest stones. It is oval in shape, about twenty-six by thirty paces in size and is made up of about twenty tiny stones, which barely raise themselves above the level of the moorland grasses.


Barbrook I stone circle Derbyshire Heritage

Just 260 metres to the northnorthwest of Barbrook I circle lies its sister Barbrook II. Although it is embanked, like other Derbyshire stone circles, what sets this one apart is that the stones are now set into drystone walling contained within a rubble bank.Although it may have been built like this originally, what can be seen today is the result of rebuilding work undertaken around 1989.


Barbrook I Stone Circle on Big Moor © Neil Theasby Geograph Britain and Ireland

A damaged stone circle with a double ring of stones stands 1.9 miles (3 km) away to the west-northwest on Froggatt Edge. 3. Viewshed analysis of Barbrook I Stone Circle. The theoretical field of view from Barbrook I with a horizontal coverage of 28.36km (17.6 miles) and vertical coverage of 23.13km (14.4 miles).

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