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Reflections on Ringstone Reservoir
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(Explore 14/8/2015)
Barkisland
The remains of this ancient forest are located in roughly the same area as the Iron Age settlement at Meg Dyke, the late Bronze Age bowl barrow at Beacon Hill and the remains of the early to middle Bronze Age stone circle on a Ringstone Edge Moor.
In 1985 local residents noticed that green ribbons had been tied to these trees, an investigation revealed that the forest was being used as a site of celebration by a group of Druids. We did notice that a few fragments of ribbon can still be found on some of the branches today.
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Ripponden
We can see this lone wind turbine on the opposite side of the valley from several of our house windows, so we decided to walk across and take a closer look. So here it is, nothing special really, just a turbine stood in a field. More interestingly, not far away in the field behind are the remains of a Neolithic stone circle on Ringstone Edge Moor, sadly even the remains don’t amount to much in the way of remains any more, the turbine makes for a better photo.
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Barkisland
Ringstone Edge Reservoir stands around 990 feet above sea level by Ringstone Edge Moor, which can be seen across the water in the distance. The moor is home to an ancient ring of stones from which the area takes its name, though there only a few remains to be seen today.
Although quite exposed the area is popular with walkers, though today standing straight was a little difficult due to the strong nithering wind, which had created a few waves on the surface of the water.
The structure on the right of the photo is the wheelhouse for the reservoir, it was constructed in 1886 by an engineer called Thomas Hawksley.
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Ripponden
Bowl Barrows are the most numerous form of round barrow. They are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, most examples date to between 2400 to 1500 BC.
They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes with a ditch and cover single or multiple burials. They are often built in prominent locations, as this one is on part of Ringstone Edge Moor.
I think the lone dandelion in the foreground is a little newer.
Now the strange thing about this mound is, we can see it from most of our house windows, we’ve been looking at it for over 27 years and until today had no idea at all what it was. If it hadn’t been for this lockdown, we would have never started researching what is around us in our local area and would have just kept looking at it without ever knowing it’s history.
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The Red Arrows performing their Tornado Manoeuvre at Duxford's Battle of Britain Airshow (September 2023)
Ripponden
The reservoir stands at the side of Ringstone Edge Moor, named after the ring of megalithic stones which once stood on the moor, sadly not much remains to be seen now, the circle is just about visible but the standing stones have long since toppled over.
It stands at 302 metres (990 feet) above sea level, whenever we walk up here it’s always windy and today was no exception. In the distance you can see to the right Flints Moor, towards the centre of the picture is Great Manshead Hill, just to the left of the tower on the reservoir wall you can just see the dam of Baitings Reservoir.
This area is popular with walkers and bird watchers, who must be hardy souls as the weather up here can be appalling. The area surrounding the reservoir is a conservation area in the care of a Yorkshire Water.
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Ringstone Edge Reservoir in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
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Ringstone Reservoir. I bought the drone primarily for landscape stills especially pattern shots such as this.
This image, the 302nd in the 2018 series, marks a full year since I started my picture-a-day adventure being the 365th consecutive daily image. It's fitting I've published it on the day too!
The Red Arrows at Duxford's Battle of Britain Airshow (September 2023). The other five are disappearing bottom left.
Friday tea-time.
Dozens of aircraft overhead and a line of distant cars on the M62 motorway between Leeds and Manchester.
Reflected in Ringstone Edge Reservoir, Calderdale.
Taken back in April on a beautiful, warm spring evening at Ringstone Reservoir..........roll on summer! :)
Mauryan ringstone, with standing goddess. Northwest Pakistan. 3rd century BCE. British Museum. Photo by PHGCOM, 2005. Source Wikimedia.
Read more: www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_object...
Pay attention to the crown.
Part of the historic C&O Canal system. The aqueduct was built with dolomite in 1832-35.
On July 21, 1864, Confederates blasted down the berm side of the arches and the ringstones were torn out and a 20 foot section of the center arch was destroyed. The aqueduct was was rebuilt with iron rods for support.
Just outside Drouwen in Drenthe, the Nederlands these two dolmens (Dutch: hunebedden) lie very close to each other and for that reason they are sometimes called the “Twins of Drouwen”.
The first dolmen / hunebed in Drouwen 'D19' on the right is 15.5 meters long and 3.5 meters wide. The letter 'D' stands for 'Drenthe'. The hunebed consists of nine trilithons. A trilithon is a set of two upright side stones with a lying capstone on top. Of the nine capstones, the hunebed has five more. Four gate side stones are present at the entrance of this hunebed.
The second dolmen / hunebed D20 on the left has a length of 11.3 meters and a width of 3.4 meters. D20 is made up of seven trilithons. One capstone is missing. This dolmen / hunebed also had two trilithons as an entrance party. Another four port side stones are left. The hunebed has had a stone wreath. Most of these cornerstones are still around the hunebed.
Please read more about the history of the dolmens or megaliths at How they built a dolmen (Hunebed).
This is what we saw during our Cycling holiday in Drenthe, the Netherlands, where we have cycled through the beautiful landscape.
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YORKSHIRE RIDER
1528 (GWU528T), a Leyland Leopard PSU3E/4R with Plaxton Supreme IV Express body, is the first of a pair delivered to West Yorkshire PTE in July, 1979.
It is on a service to Ringstone, high up in the Pennines,