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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.
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, in Northern England. ... Bronze Age markings at Hangingstone Quarry, above Ilkley.
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 ...
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. They are estimated to have been created around the time of the Bronze Age, some three to four thousand years ago.
Harden Moor is an expanse of moorland that lies north of the village of Harden in West Yorkshire, England.The moor encompasses stretches of heather, woodland and former quarry workings and is bordered by Airedale to the east, the Worth Valley to the north and Catstones Moor and the village of Cullingworth to the west.
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.