More information : NY 9550 0760. Incomplete circle of thin standing sandstone
slabs at the head of Arkle Beck at Mudbeckside may have some
relationship with the second millenium BC settlement in the
vicinity of Reeth. (1)
NY 9562 0762.(2) A setting of four stones in a rough circle
located in moorland at the head of Arkengarthdale. One stone
appears to have a cup mark. Photograph. (3)
NY 9562 0762. Arkle Beck stone circle. Scheduled RSM No 24470.
This remote site includes an incomplete circle of gritstone slabs at
the head of Arkle Beck at Mudbeckside and overlooks the upper reaches
of Arkengarthside. The circle has an overall diameter of 21.5m. Only
four of the slabs forming the circle remain upright; the remainder
are now recumbent. The upright stones range in height between 0.47m
and 0.57m and are between 0.42m and 0.62m wide. All are approximately
0.08m thick. The upright on the SW side of the monument bears a well
defined cup mark with a 0.05m diameter in the top right hand corner
of the inner face. At the southern extent of the circle is a hollow
approximately 0.8m across, indicating the position of a now missing
circle stone.
At the SE edge of the circle are a group of now recumbent stones. One
of these, measuring approximately 0.88m by 0.55m by 0.13m thick, lies
partially overlapping another of comparable dimensions. Included also
in this recumbent group is the largest of the stones, measuring 1.25m
by 0.46m by 0.09m. Dispersed amongst these are a number of smaller
stones. The stones are almost completely obscured by the thick clumps
of reeds surrounding them. (4)
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