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Ilkley Quarry is the site of the famous "Cow and Calf", a large rock formation consisting of an outcrop and boulder, also known as Hangingstone Rocks. The rocks are made of millstone grit, a variety of sandstone, and are so named because one is large, with the smaller one sitting close to it, like a cow and calf. Legend has it that there was ...
Bronze Age markings at Hangingstone Quarry, above Ilkley. Ilkley is a town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England.It has been inhabited since at least the Mesolithic period; was the site of a Roman fort, and much later an early example of a spa town.
All following user names refer to en.wikipedia. 2008-07-21 16:05 TJBlackwell 1989×2562×8 (3171023 bytes) These "Cup and Ring marks", seen here in Hangingstones Quarry above Ilkley, can be found on many stones in the area.
Rombalds Moor consists of several moors, usually named after the nearest town or village bordering it. They include (clockwise from north): Ilkley Moor, Burley Moor, Hawksworth Moor, Baildon Moor, Bingley Moor, Morton Moor, and Addingham High Moor. There are over 400 examples of stones with cup and ring marks on them scattered across Rombalds ...
Ilkley bus station is the focal point for services to Keighley, Leeds, Leeds Bradford Airport, Skipton, Grassington, Malham and Otley. The main operators are First Leeds, Keighley Bus Company and North Yorkshire County Council. [37] Ilkley lies on the A65 road, which runs between Leeds and Kendal.
The hamlet is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west of Burley in Wharfedale and is approximately 3 miles (5 km) from the spa town of Ilkley. [1] Burley Woodhead comprises chiefly of a small cluster of farms and homes along the road from Ilkley to Guiseley at the foot of Burley Moor, though the village is at 560 feet (170 m) above sea level, [ 2 ...
The Yorkshire Dales Railway was a branch line linking the town of Skipton with the villages of Rylstone, Threshfield and Grassington in North Yorkshire, England.There were two stations on the line – Grassington & Threshfield and Rylstone – and a connection via the Skipton to Ilkley Line to Skipton.
Across Baildon Moor is the village of Menston, the town of Ilkley and Ilkley Moor. Baildon is situated on a hill to the north of the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Baildon is 9 miles (14 km) from Leeds city centre and 3 miles (5 km) from Bradford city centre.