Bridestone

This particular stone is responsible for the name and the eerie atmosphere of the Bridestones. Other stones with this 'inverted-bottle' shape are also known as Bride Stones, and it is generally thought that Bride place-names derive from the old Celtic goddess, Bride, also known as Brigit. She is probably the same deity as Brigantia, the matron goddess of the Brigantes tribe, who occupied the whole of northern England from the Iron Age into the Roman Occupation period. Her name means 'of the high places', and the Bridestones we can see in West and North Yorkshire are all appropriate places to worship such a goddess.See largeHERE