Am Fuße des Berges Blackey Topping findet man einige aufrecht stehender Steine, von denen vermutet wird, das sie ursprünglich zu einem Steinkreis gehörten.
Noch auffälliger ist der Berg selber, der durch seine außergewöhnliche Form auffällt. Je nach dem, von welcher Seite man blickt, hat er eine anderes Erscheinungsbild.

Blakey Topping standing stones is a small group of three or four standing stones near the Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors. It sits at the foot of Blakey Topping hill. The stones may be the remains of a stone circle.

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.

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blakey_Topping_standing_stones

The hill of Blakey Topping is another proposed 'sacred hill' like the nearby Howden. They are believed by some authors to have been of ritual significance to the early inhabitants of the area and possibly the inspiration for some of the larger burial mounds and also the manmade Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.
Blakey Topping has two quite different aspects depending on which direction it is viewed from. When approached from the west from the Hole of Horcum along the track known as the Old Wife's Way the hill appears steep sided with a distinctive flat top
stone-circles.org.uk/stone/blakeytopping.htm

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