More information : SK 221 845 : Stone circle, 6 stones, 2 - 3 ft. high,
and one recumbent stone on inner circumference of an earth and
rubble bank, diam 36 ft. Mitchell (b) stated that a single
stone, 7 - 8 ft. high stood at a short distance from the circle.
In 1959(c) this stone, which marks the boundary between
Hathersage and Bamford, was recumbent. (1)
This feature, at SK 22118452, is not a stone circle but a
well-defined ring mound reinforced by retaining stones and with a
flat interior. There are no recumbent stones visible.
Surveyed at 6" scale. G.P. AO/65/113/8. (2)
Situated at SK 22118453 on a gentle east facing slope is a
near circular earth and stone bank, with six large earthfast
stones set roughly equi-distant on its inner face, enclosing a
levelled area about 6.7 m diameter (See Plan at 1:125).
The whole site is heavily masked with heather but is apparently
undisturbed except for a slight weathering of the bank in the east.
The bank, about 1.5 m average width and 0.5 m maximum height,
is best preserved in the north and southeast. Several small
stones are evident in the bank and one large boulder 'G', almost
certainly in situ, is embedded level in the northwest outer
scarp.
The 6 stones ('A' to 'F') appear to have been packed around
their bases by smaller stones and all are upright with 'D' and
'F' leaning slightly outwards. Stone 'A', although now quite
earthfast and apparently in situ, appears to have moved as in
the 1965 ground photograph it is standing higher. One large
flat slab 'H' (probably Authority 1's recumbent stone) is laid
loose on the interior in the northwest and would seem at first
glance to have been one of the original uprights but there is
no appropriate gap from which it could have come and no
evidence of it having been set anywhere in the interior.
Laid on the ground at SK 22018469 about 190.0 m up the hill to
the northwest is a large flat boulder 2.3 m long, 1.2 m wide
and 0.4 m thick. It has at one time been standing upright as
its broken earthfast base (1.2 m long, 0.4 m thick and 0.2 m high)
can be seen next to it. When erect this stone would have been
about 8 ft high and it is almost certainly the stone referred
to by Mitchell. As stated by Makepeace this is on the
Hathersage-Bamford Boundary and it is now impossible to discern
if it had any connection with the stone circle.
This is almost certainly an embanked stone circle in fairly good
condition.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Enlargement at 1:125. (3)
SK 221845. Listed by Marsden as a ring-cairn. (4)
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