Swastika Stone
The Swastika Stone is a stone adorned with a design that resembles a swastika, located on the Woodhouse Crag on the northern edge of Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England.Photo: David Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Stone adorned with a design that resembles a swastika
- Also known as: “Carved rock known as the Swastika Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nebstone and Ilkley Memorial Gardens.
Nebstone
Stone
The Nebstone is a notable rock found close to the Swastika Stone on the northern edge of Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England. It has the appearance of the lid of a grand piano, and is located a few hundred yards to the west of the Keighley Road. Nebstone is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Swastika Stone.
Ilkley Memorial Gardens
Park
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ilkley Memorial Gardens is a park, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Swastika Stone.
Carved rock known as the Badger Stone
Stone
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carved rock known as the Badger Stone is situated 1 mile southeast of Swastika Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilkley and Nesfield.
Ilkley
Ilkley is a town in West Yorkshire, part of the metropolitan borough of Bradford, with a population in 2021 of 15,000. It had a 19th-century heyday as a spa town, but the main reason to visit today is to walk the nearby countryside, especially Ilkley Moor.
Nesfield
Hamlet
Nesfield is a small village, 2 miles north-west of Ilkley on the north bank of the River Wharfe, in the civil parish of Nesfield with Langbar, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Nesfield is situated 1½ miles north of Swastika Stone.
Addingham
Village
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Addingham is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A65, 6 miles south-east of Skipton, 3 miles west of Ilkley, 12 miles north-west of Bradford and around 20 miles north-west of Leeds. Addingham is situated 2 miles northwest of Swastika Stone.
Swastika Stone
- Categories: stone, petroglyph, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nesfield with Langbar, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.9188° or 53° 55′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.85592° or 1° 51′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C5WW49V+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 29458931OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7653994
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Swastika Stone” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Swastikasteen”
- Tamil: “சுவஸ்திகா கல்”
- Vietnamese: “Đá Chữ Vạn”
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Highlights include Rough Intake and Heber’s Ghyll.
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