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Druid's Altar is a small four-poster stone circle located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises four upright stones arranged in a roughly rectangular or square formation, a configuration typical of Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual sites in northern Britain. Four-poster circles of this type are thought to date to the Bronze Age, though precise dating remains uncertain without excavation. The site's purpose remains subject to scholarly interpretation, though such monuments may have served ritual, astronomical, or territorial functions within prehistoric communities.
Druid's Altar four poster stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008773. View the official record →
Druid's Altar is a small four-poster stone circle located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008773.
Druid's Altar four poster stone circle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008773.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lynchets N of Malham village (5.1 km), Redmayne packhorse bridge (5.4 km), Linton churchyard cross and sundial (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Druid's Altar four poster stone circle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Druid's Altar four poster stone circle stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.