Dragon Stones

St. Nick's Nature Reserve and Community Center lies just under a mile from one of York's popular visitor attractions, The JORVIK Viking Centre. The area which was once a dumping ground for household wastes, but is now a popular walking area in a reclaimed wooden wildlife habitat. Thanks to the City Planners and a handful of volunteers, this once blighted eyesore is now home to many species of flora and fauna, but also the dwelling place of a structure that is often referred to as a mini-Stonehenge.

For in the northern quadrant of this open public green space is a collection of disused rocks that form a circle, imitating the more famous prehistoric megalithic construction that lies much further south in Wiltshire, England, This recreation was constructed in 1995 by small group of people, including a number of students from York Tech College. Using stones from a possibly abandoned nearby church, this miniature replica was christened with the moniker 'Dragon Stones.' No word on whether there is a celestial or astrological significance to this facsimile 's positioning.