Blakey Topping standing stones

Blakey Topping standing stones
One of the stones
Location	North York Moors
Coordinates	54°19′43″N 0°39′39″W / 54.3286°N 0.6607°W / 54.3286; -0.6607Coordinates: 54°19′43″N 0°39′39″W / 54.3286°N 0.6607°W / 54.3286; -0.6607
Location of Blakey Topping standing stones in North Yorkshire

Blakey Topping standing stones is a small group of standing stones near the Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors. It sits at the foot of Blakey Topping hill.^[1]

There are at least four standing stones currently surviving in this group, although some of them are of uncertain status. The tallest stone is 1.9 metres high and is much-weathered and leaning. A second stone is 1.0 metres high and appears to have had its top broken off. A third stone is 1.3 metres high but has been roughly squared off and is currently being used as a gate post. A fourth stone, 1.4 metres high, occurs in an old field bank and is much-weathered and leaning. There may be a fifth standing stone, and two or three hollows in the ground may indicate the former position of other stones.^[2]

It has been suggested that the stones are the remains of a stone circle about 17 metres in diameter. Alternatively the stones may have formed part of a curving alignment, or possibly two parallel rows.^[2]

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