by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Embanked Stone Circle
Barbrook I Barbrook I, Embanked Stone Circle Visiting the Barbrooks on a beautiful July day, such as it was on my first visit, is simply a delight. The sun is warm, big white clouds rolling by overhead and it seems like I have the whole moor to myself as I sit and...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Barbrook II Barbrook II, Ringcairn Following the same initial directions as for Barbrook I, this site is fairly easy to find, although this whole moor is littered with cairns, hinting at what a hive of activity it must have been during the Bronze Age. This site was...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Embanked Stone Circle
Barbrook III Barbrook III, Embanked Stone Circle A delightful circle of 21 stones. Tricky to spot, despite it being about 24m in diameter the tallest stone is only 30cm with little embankment, so the whole thing can easily disappear in the grass. Thankfully on the day...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Barbrook IV Barbrook IV, Ringcairn I tried to locate this site by walking directly to it from Barbrook I. I would not recommend this route, as it was very hard going and extremely disorienting at times and this site is much more difficult to locate and access than it...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Barbrook V Barbrook V, Ringcairn It may seem that this site is out of sequence as we have already covered the other Barbrook sites, but it is its proximity to Curbar Edge that dictates its inclusion here rather than there. Despite being badly damaged by a packhorse...
