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MONUMENT NO. 1043535

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Bronze Age standing stone apparently reused as a milestone.

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(SJ 9553 7635) MS (NAT) (1)

Milestone at SJ 9553 7636. Grade II. Milestone: late C18.
Triangular-sectioned sandstone block with a shaped top. White
painted with black painted inscription which reads on the NE face
"To Macclesfield 3M", west face reads "To Chapel 8M, To Sheffield
30M, to Chesterfield 31M". One of a set on the Macclesfield-Chapel
turnpike, this section of 1770. Others survive in Hurdsfield,
Rainow (3) and Kettleshulme (q.v.). (2)

SJ 9553 7635. Standing stone at Ginclough 400m WSW of Gin Clough
Farm. Scheduled RSM No 25702. The monument includes a Grade II
Listed standing stone on the side of the hill above Hayles Clough
in Rainow. The stone is a large gritstone glacial erratic cut away
on two sides to create a sqyare face on the east side. The stone
stands 0.86m high and is 0.72m wide on the east face and 0.9m deep
at the base where it is widest. It stands 2.5m from the B5470 on
the south side of the road. (3)

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(1) General reference

OS 1:10560 1971

(2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE Listed Buildings Boro of Macclesfield, Cheshire 09-Dec-1983 67

(3) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 1/9/95

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