Code | Na5266 |
Place Entry | Brimham Crags/Hartwith/Kirkby Malzeard/Yorkshire West Riding |
Place Name | Brimham Crags |
Area3 | Hartwith |
Area4 | Kirkby Malzeard |
Area5 | Yorkshire West Riding |
Notes | These Celebrated Druidical Monuments, Which Are Of Various Forms And Of Immense Magnitude Are Scattered Over Forty Acres Of Ground. Two Of The Rocks Are About Thirty Feet Square; Many Of These Stones Are In Groups, And Some In Single Masses. Here Are Four Large Rocking Stones; One Of Them Rests Upon A Kind Of Pedestal, And Is Supposed To Be About 100 Tons Weight. In 1792 The Right Honourable Lord Grantley Built A House In The Centre Of These Grounds, For The Accommodation Of Persons Whose Curiosity Might Prompt Them To Visit This World Of Wonders |
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