From Edinburgh we headed back south, into England, to visit some favorite sights of yore. Not averse to something new, however, we stopped to see the Devil's Arrows, a set of menhirs, possibly once an alinement, in Boroughbridge, York county, a few hundred meters off the A1. The site includes Britain's second tallest menhir. The tallest, of course, is the Rudston Monolith, which we visited in 2019.
 |
| Click to enlarge; this will be on the quiz |
 |
Two out in the cornfield, no footpath, forbiddingly fenced, plus
we didn't want to catch corn blight |
 |
| From a safe distance |
 |
| Ditto |
 |
We'd actually given up finding the third one and
were driving off when Vicki spotted this, in someone's
driveway ("Mind the Menhir" the sign said) |
 |
| Me, for scale |
 |
The grooves are said to be from erosion over
the past 5,000-6,000 years |
 |
| View back to the cornfield and the other two |
1 comment:
These are so interesting...glad Vicki found the third one. Must have been hard getting these hauled in place and planted. Wouldn't want you to get corn blight either!
Post a Comment