Grubstones
{{short description|Stone circle in West Yorkshire, England}}
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The Grubstones ({{gbmapping|SE136447}}) is a stone circle on Burley Moor in West Yorkshire, England. It is believed to be either an embanked stone circle or a ring cairn.
Location
The Grubstones circle is located on Burley Moor (to the east of Ilkley Moor).James Dyer, (2001), Discovering Prehistoric England, page 230. Osprey Publishing. {{ISBN|0747805075}} It is situated below the top of the hill on a gentle south facing slope.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=50140 |mname=GRUBSTONES|accessdate=22 May 2013}} The circle is just over {{convert|800|m|mi|1}} south-east of the Twelve Apostles. South-east of the circle there are several large cairns including The Skirtful of Stones.Timothy C. Darvill, Paul Stamper, Jane R. Timby, (2002), England: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600, page 149. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0192841017}}
Description
The circle has a diameter of about {{convert|10|m|ft|sigfig=1}}. It is almost perfectly circular with twenty surviving stones. The stones are set on the inside of a low bank, about {{convert|1.8|m|ft|0}} wide. The circle has been described variously as a cairn circle, a ring cairn enclosure, or a stone circle.Paul Bennett, 1995, Circles, standing stones and legendary rocks of West Yorkshire, page 33. Heart of Albion One third of the circle on the south side has been destroyed by shooting butts. Four large loose stones in the interior may have come from this break. The interior was excavated circa 1846 which revealed a cremation, accompanied by a flint spearhead.
In the 20th century there was additional damage in the form of a subrectangular earthwork mound said to be an "orgone accumulator". Orgone is supposed to be a vital energy or life force which informs the universe, and which can be collected and stored in an orgone accumulator for subsequent use in the treatment of illness.