rock stack just south-west of the Brimham Rocks SSSI site, and just east of the Adam's Ale spring. It is on a high point, surrounded by trees, overlooking a small farm house or cottage to the north-north-east. Before the trees grew up, the rock used to cast a shadow on the cottage at noon. At least until the end of the 18th century, local people used to light fires next to the Noonstone on Midsummer Eve. Stone circle This is the lost stone circle mentioned by Hayman Rooke in 1786, and quoted in literature by other writers since, but apparently never seen by anyone since Rooke. Rooke placed it west of what is now the SSSI site, alongside some tumuli (which were never found either). A "Druid's Circle" is marked on the 1854 OS six-inch map, a little way north-west of Rock House (now Brimham House) and just west of the trig point. However that position is occupied by natural rock stacks, some of which so happen to lie on a curved or semicircular line. Brimham Rocks in popular culture Maria Edgeworth's novel Belinda uses Brimham Rocks as a setting of metaphorical balance and moral revelation to the 17-year-old protagonist Belinda Portman. The children's television programme Roger and the Rottentrolls was filmed at Brimham Rocks and the site also features in the video for the Bee Gees' song "You Win Again". A scene of series six of Knightmare, another children's programme and adventure game show, saw Brimham Rocks used as a location. Notes See also Another local area containing Millstone Grit rock stacks is Plumpton Rocks. Other SSSIs in this area of North Yorkshire are: Bishop Monkton Ings, Cow Myers, Farnham Mires, Hack Fall Wood, Hay-a-Park, Kirk Deighton Mar Field Fen, Quarry Moor, and Ripon Parks. References External links National Trust, Brimham Rocks website Brimhamrocks.co.uk (archived) Brimham Rocks Nidderdale, Dave-ford.co.uk (archived) (Contains a section on Brimham Rocks, and a comment about the Noonstone at the end). Nidderdale National Trust properties in North Yorkshire Tourist attractions in North Yorkshire Rock formations of England Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire Nature reserves in North Yorkshire