Twelve Apostles, West Yorkshire

Twelve Apostles, West Yorkshire
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Also known as: Twelve Apostles, Twelve Apostles (Burley Moor), Twelve Apostles of Ilkley Moor, Twelve Apostles stone circle, Burley Moor

The Twelve Apostles is a stone circle near Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England [1]. The stone circle is slightly below and to the northeast of an east-west ridge at about 381 metres above sea level [1]. The Twelve Apostles consists of the remains of a stone circle with a diameter of about 15 metres [1]. The circle originally had between 16 and 20 stones, but it is now reduced to 12 stones [1]. The stones are made from the local millstone grit [1]. All of the stones were fallen by the mid-20th-century and were lying loose upon the ground [1]. The circle was inside a bank 1.2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high [1].

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TypeStone circle
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates53.9017° N, 1.8093° W

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