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Grubstones stone circle is a Bronze Age monument located in Yorkshire, England. The circle comprises a ring of stones positioned on moorland, characteristic of ritual and ceremonial sites established during the Bronze Age period. Like other stone circles of its era, Grubstones likely served functions connected to communal gathering, astronomical observation, or burial practices, though the specific purposes remain subject to scholarly interpretation. The monument survives as an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual activity in the upland regions of northern England.
Grubstones stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011761. View the official record →
Grubstones stone circle is a Bronze Age monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011761.
Grubstones 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 1011761.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (5.7 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (5.8 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Grubstones 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.
Grubstones stone circle stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.