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Ashlar Chair
Hob Uid: 50312
Location : Bradford Burley
Grid Ref : SE1208044830
Summary : A couch shaped stone known as Ashlar Chair or Druid's chair. It allegedly bears cup and channel marks. There is a second stone a few yards to the east with natural markings.
More information : SE 1208 4483 Ashlar Chair (NAT) (1) A 7 foot long, couch-shaped stone known as Ashlar Chair or Druid's Chair. "It bears numerous cups and channels". Also, a few yards to the east is a stone, 14 feet by 5 feet, bearing cups and grooves on its topmost angle". (2) The Ashlar Chair falls largely below the junction of two field walls. There are no markings on the visible surface area; but certainly those on Speight's second stone are natural weatherings. (3)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956
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Source details : Upper Wharfedale 1900 236 (H Speight)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 RE 03-MAY-76
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Natural Feature
Evidence : Modified Surface

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 14 SW 55
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1976-05-03
End Date : 1976-05-03

Ashlar Chair