Rombalds Moor Giants
Length 4-5 miles
Duration 4 hours
Going - Easy to Moderate - no steep climbs but some height. Good paths
Price - £50 per person (max six people).
Good footwear and appropriate clothing is necessary as there are few places to shelter on the moors, some experience of hiking would be helpful, although not necessary as there are good paths across this part of the moors. Bring your own drinks and packed lunches - and most of all a camera!
This is the most 'civilised' of our Wild Walks. I have included it here because there some excellent places to see and to photograph. There is initially a bit of a 'pull', not too steep but getting out of breath a little is good for you.
The walk takes in a Bronze Age burial mound and, depending on how far we choose to go at least one stone circle, maybe two or even three!
For most of the way we follow the top ridge of Rombalds moor (warning - there may be other people about), but when we veer off to one of the circles we should have the place pretty much to ourselves.
We start in the little village of Menston, and following Bleach Mill Lane, we go past the mill workers cottages and the ruined bleach mill, and over the moor road. Turning left, we follow a narrow path (muddy after rain) onto the moors and take the gamekeepers track to the tops.
On the left is the 'Great Skirtful of Stones' - a huge Bronze Age burial mound which gets it's name from the legend of Giant Rombalds' wife, who, after a quarrel chased her husband with an apron full of stones and dropped them. From the top you get good views over the North moors and the prehistoric builders certainly knew where to build the tombs for their warriors and Kings.
Carrying on, we eventually come to the little stone circle of 'Roms Law' - or 'Grubstones'. Often called a stone circle, it is in fact probably a cairn circle or ringed cairn.
It is here that we have a choice. We can go along this path until we come to the 'Twelve Apostles' stone circle about three quarters of a mile away, or we can turn South and go approximately the same distance to 'Horncliffe Circle and Well'. We will probably have this path to ourselves as it winds it's way over the moors.
'Horncliffe circle' is really only visible when the bracken is low, but the Well is always flowing and provides cool water.
From here we can wind our way back to the Great Skirtful and back to the car.
Duration 4 hours
Going - Easy to Moderate - no steep climbs but some height. Good paths
Price - £50 per person (max six people).
Good footwear and appropriate clothing is necessary as there are few places to shelter on the moors, some experience of hiking would be helpful, although not necessary as there are good paths across this part of the moors. Bring your own drinks and packed lunches - and most of all a camera!
This is the most 'civilised' of our Wild Walks. I have included it here because there some excellent places to see and to photograph. There is initially a bit of a 'pull', not too steep but getting out of breath a little is good for you.
The walk takes in a Bronze Age burial mound and, depending on how far we choose to go at least one stone circle, maybe two or even three!
For most of the way we follow the top ridge of Rombalds moor (warning - there may be other people about), but when we veer off to one of the circles we should have the place pretty much to ourselves.
We start in the little village of Menston, and following Bleach Mill Lane, we go past the mill workers cottages and the ruined bleach mill, and over the moor road. Turning left, we follow a narrow path (muddy after rain) onto the moors and take the gamekeepers track to the tops.
On the left is the 'Great Skirtful of Stones' - a huge Bronze Age burial mound which gets it's name from the legend of Giant Rombalds' wife, who, after a quarrel chased her husband with an apron full of stones and dropped them. From the top you get good views over the North moors and the prehistoric builders certainly knew where to build the tombs for their warriors and Kings.
Carrying on, we eventually come to the little stone circle of 'Roms Law' - or 'Grubstones'. Often called a stone circle, it is in fact probably a cairn circle or ringed cairn.
It is here that we have a choice. We can go along this path until we come to the 'Twelve Apostles' stone circle about three quarters of a mile away, or we can turn South and go approximately the same distance to 'Horncliffe Circle and Well'. We will probably have this path to ourselves as it winds it's way over the moors.
'Horncliffe circle' is really only visible when the bracken is low, but the Well is always flowing and provides cool water.
From here we can wind our way back to the Great Skirtful and back to the car.