Andle Stone
The Andle Stone is a large gritstone boulder on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire. The stone block is 6m long, 4m high and lies within a low, circular, dry stone wall enclosure.Photo: Mark Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Rock
- Description: large boulder on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire, England
- Also known as: “Anvil Stone”, “Oundle Stone”, and “Towopenny Loaf”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Doll Tor and Rowtor Rocks.
Doll Tor
Archaeological site
Photo: Elfmeterschiessen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doll Tor is a stone circle just west of Stanton Moor, near the village of Birchover, Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. Doll Tor is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Doll Tor is situated 760 feet southwest of Andle Stone.
Rowtor Rocks
Stone
Photo: Warofdreams, CC BY 2.5.
Rowtor Rocks is a stone, which is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Andle Stone.
Nine Ladies
Archaeological site
Photo: PaleCloudedWhite, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nine Ladies is a stone circle located on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. The Nine Ladies is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Nine Ladies is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Andle Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchover and Stanton in Peak.
Birchover
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 362. Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north-western edge of the parish.
Stanton in Peak
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanton in Peak is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, It is about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover.
Winster
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winster is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles from Matlock and 6 miles from Bakewell at an altitude of approximately 820 feet. It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry. Winster is situated 1½ miles south of Andle Stone.
Andle Stone
- Categories: boulder, stone, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, and landform
- Location: Stanton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.16351° or 53° 9′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.64198° or 1° 38′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C5W5975+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 897550882OpenStreetMap feature
historic=stoneOpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q15181051
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In Other Languages
“Andle Stone” goes by many names.
- German: “Andle Stone”
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Highlights include Stanton Moor and Birchover Quarry.
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