Twelve Apostles, West Yorkshire

The Twelve Apostles (grid reference SE12614506) is a stone circle near Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England.

[3] The stone circle is slightly below and to the northeast of an east-west ridge at about 381 metres (1,250 ft) above sea level.

[6] The site suffers severe visitor erosion, as it was formerly hidden beneath heather, but is now in an area of bare trampled soil.

[6] As a poorly preserved Neolithic site, its precise purpose is unknown[7] though in all likelihood was ritualistic.

[8] The site was surveyed in 1929 by Arthur Raistrick who stated that "its position suggests very strongly a burial with a peristalith of standing stones".