1. Doll Tor 1; 2. Doll Tor 2
DOLL TOR 1
oil on canvas | 14" x 18" | 2004 | £NFS
#P6 A3 & A4 | #GC14
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DOLL TOR 2
oil on canvas | 14" x 10" | 2005 | £150
#GC15
DOLL
TOR, DERBYSHIRE
On the edge of the vast Stanton Moor bronze age
landscape, Doll Tor sits to the west of the plateau,
around a mile south west from the Nine Ladies stone
circle and 200 metres on the same alignment from the
overwhelming natural outcrop of the Andle Stone. Doll Tor
is an unbanked circle of small stones measuring
approximately 20' by 14' in diameter. Excavations by
Bateman in 1852 discovered bronze age bucket urns and
cups, whilst similar finds were uncovered in the 1931-4
digs by the Heathcotes, along with several cremations in
and around the circle. Burl notes that the eastern stone
was reworked into the later ring cairn on the site. In
the mid 1990s the site was tampered with; fallen stones
righted, extra stones erected, cairns being rebuilt and
generally everything put where they never actually were.
Doll Tor has since been returned as closely as possible
to its naturally distressed state.
OS: SK.238.628 From the Birchover to Stanton-in-Peak road
south of the A6, walk eastwards (on opposite side of the
road from the footpath leading to the Nine Ladies) past a
couple of copses to the south of the Andle Stone, and
Doll Tor is within the next copse by a drystone wall.