Brimham Rocks, once known as Brimham Crags, is a 183.9-hectare (454-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Geological Conservation Review (GCR) site, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, on Brimham Moor in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site, notified as SSSI in 1958, is an outcrop of Millstone Grit, with small areas of birch woodland and a large area of wet and dry heath.
The site is known for its water- and weather-eroded rocks, which were formed over 325 million years ago and have assumed fantastic shapes.[1] In the 18th and 19th centuries, antiquarians such as Hayman Rooke wondered whether they could have been at least partly carved by druids,[2] an idea that ran concurrently with the popularity of James Macpherson's Fragments of Ancient Poetry of 1760, and a developing interest in New-Druidism. For up to two hundred years, some stones have carried fanciful names, such as Druid's Idol, Druid's Altar and Druid's Writing Desk.
Brimham Rocks has SSSI status because of the value of its geology and the upland woodland and the acidic wet and dry heath habitats that support localised and specialised plant forms, such as chickweed wintergreen, cowberry, bog asphodel and three species of heather.[3]
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BrimhamRocks, once known as Brimham Crags, is a 183.9-hectare (454-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Geological Conservation...
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pandemic. In 2023 The National Trust commissioned a poem by Armitage for BrimhamRocks in North Yorkshire. Artist Adrian Riley collaborated with Armitage and...
gardens Braithwaite Hall Bridestones, Crosscliff and Blakey Topping BrimhamRocks Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden Goddards House and Garden...
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indoors at the Harrogate Climbing Centre and at Almscliffe Crag and BrimhamRocks. The town is served by four railway stations on the Harrogate Line:...
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other things, famous English rocks taken from Dominy Hamilton's postcard collection, including BrimhamRocks, the last rocks at Land's End, Logan Rock at...
1992 at Thurstaston Common and Beeston Castle and in August 1995 at BrimhamRocks, North Yorkshire. Corble later wrote a substantially revised version...
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Nidderdale. In the north of the parish are BrimhamRocks. In the Middle Ages, Hartwith cum Winsley (then known as Brimham) formed part of the lands of Fountains...
name of its setting from Trollers Gill; however, filming took place at BrimhamRocks, a short distance away. Entrance to Trollers Gill dry Entrance to Trollers...
SSSIs in the Harrogate region. The others are Bishop Monkton Ings, BrimhamRocks, Cow Myers, Farnham Mires, Hack Fall Wood, Hay-a-Park, Kirk Deighton...
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Other SSSIs in this area of North Yorkshire are: Bishop Monkton Ings, BrimhamRocks, Cow Myers, Farnham Mires, Hack Fall Wood, Hay-a-Park, Mar Field Fen...
provides easy access to other tourist sites such as Ripon Cathedral, BrimhamRocks, Fountains Abbey, Lightwater Valley, Malham, and Studley Royal. Winksley...
to rock sequences, see Formation (stratigraphy). Avon Gorge, Bristol BrimhamRocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire Cheddar Gorge and Cave, Somerset Cheesewring...
another by trees and a fence. Other SSSIs in the Harrogate region are: BrimhamRocks, Cow Myers, Farnham Mires, Hack Fall Wood, Hay-a-Park, Kirk Deighton...
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Reservoir. It goes on past Glasshouses to the National Trust's spectacular BrimhamRocks before passing Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Park and reaching Ripon...
Slingsby (1862). The History of Nidderdale (1863). The Tourist's Guide to BrimhamRocks (1863). Geology of Harrogate (1864). Three Wonderful Yorkshire Characters:...
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