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BRIMHAM, a hamlet in Hartwith-with-Winsley township, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles WNW of Ripley. Brimham Rocks are a group of shattered crags, of romantic character and antiquarian interest. Two of the rocks, called the Cannons, are perforated; another, called the Rock Idol, is supposed to have been Druidical; and several others are great rocking-stones; two of them computed to weigh 100 tons each, and moveable by hand.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Brimham |
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