The Owl Who Flew Away, and Came Back Again!

This little prehistoric carving is named 'Weston moor cr-43', but we have always called it 'The Owl Stone'... because it looks like an Owl...and it is a much nicer name for it. It is about 2 miles away from my house, at the edge of Weston moor and behind a little copse of trees. There … Continue reading The Owl Who Flew Away, and Came Back Again!

The Dark

I live in a market town in Yorkshire. The town in very old, with references to its existence as far back as 972 A.D. Nowadays it is a smart, forward thinking bustling town with lots of restaurants, artisan craft shops and a market three times a week, held in the lovely old cobbled market square. … Continue reading The Dark

Horncliffe Circle

Here is Horncliffe Circle - and I said in an earlier post that I would write about it - so here you go! This is a double ringed circle, a circle inside a circle, and quite rare. It is also situated in a odd part of the moor - a couple of miles from anywhere, … Continue reading Horncliffe Circle

The Fairy Stones of Cottingley

In the Summer of 1917, two cousins Frances Griffiths (9) and Elsie Wright (16) played in Cottingley Beck in West Yorkshire. They claimed that they had been playing with fairies in the beck, and when no one believed them they borrowed Elsies fathers camera and produced some photographs! So impressed were the adults that they … Continue reading The Fairy Stones of Cottingley

The Rudston Monolith

Located in the graveyard of All Saints’ church in Rudston in North Yorkshire, this huge and mighty monolith or menhir stands at 25 foot 9 inches high (7.7 metres) and is the tallest prehistoric standing stone in Britain. It is reputed to be the same length under the soil, but I don't know if anyone … Continue reading The Rudston Monolith

Autumn mists

At this time of year we often get early morning mists...sometimes they last all day. It gives the moors a mysterious, almost ethereal feel. Everything is damped down, and the sounds are subdued. It is a fantastic time to be out on the moors, a time to walk for miles and to be alone. Knowing … Continue reading Autumn mists

The Ilkley Moor Abduction

Ilkley moor in Yorkshire - site of an Alien abduction? Someone once wrote about Ilkley moor. They said: "The Ilkley Moor can scare you to death during daylight, and at night it's even worse." Now I know Ilkley moor as well as anyone and better than most. I wouldn't say it was particularly scary but … Continue reading The Ilkley Moor Abduction

A Soldiers Lost Grave

The beautiful village of Pateley Bridge nestles on the banks of the river Nidd in North Yorkshire. To the South, up a very long and steep hill, the road winds to the tops where it meets the tiny hamlet of Greenhow. There’s a local story that a soldier named John Kay died of heat-exhaustion while … Continue reading A Soldiers Lost Grave

The Lost Legion

Chesters Roman Fort This is a really strange one - a 2000 year old mystery that still hasn't been properly solved. How could a full Roman Legion of perhaps 5000 soldiers just disappear into thin air leaving little trace? In AD 43, Britain was invaded by the Roman Army under Emperor Claudius. In most cases … Continue reading The Lost Legion

Backstone

Backstone Beck Enclosure Ilkley moor in Yorkshire has more than its fair share of ancient artifacts. Man has inhabited these old moors for at least ten thousand years, leaving behind traces of his settlements, enclosures and religious sites as well as hundreds of petroglyphs, stone circles and burial mounds. Cow and Calf rocks - one … Continue reading Backstone