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Grey Yauds stone circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument located in Cumberland in the north-west of England. The circle comprises a ring of standing stones positioned on moorland, typical of the ceremonial and possibly astronomical monuments erected during the later prehistoric period. Stone circles of this type were constructed and utilised over an extended period during the Bronze Age, serving functions related to communal gathering, ritual practice, and possibly calendrical observation. The monument forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric stone circles found across the Cumbrian uplands and wider northern England.
Grey Yauds stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007233. View the official record →
Grey Yauds stone circle is a Bronze Age ritual monument located in Cumberland in the north-west of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007233.
Grey Yauds 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 1007233.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House (2.1 km), Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House (2.1 km), Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Grey Yauds stone circle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Grey Yauds stone circle stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.