Shot holes in one of the stones in Hoarstones stone circle

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Shot holes in one of the stones in Hoarstones stone circle by Andrew Wood as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Shot holes in one of the stones in Hoarstones stone circle

Image: © Andrew Wood Taken: 12 Jul 2006

These "shot holes" in one of the stones comprising the Hoarstones stone circle would have been drilled by local lead miners in the 19th century. There were several mines nearby and perhaps they used this stone to practice making holes to take explosive, as they would underground.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0