Robin Hoods Penny Stone |
Hob Uid: 47704 | |
Location : Calderdale Non Civil Parish
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Grid Ref : SE0463028700 |
Summary : A single orthostat, still standing in 1836, was said to have been surrounded by a circle of standing stones, subsequently destroyed. Nothing survives at the site today. |
More information : [SE 0464 2874] ROBIN HOOD'S PENNY STONE [GT] (Site of) (1) Robin Hood's Penny Stone, said to have been surrounded by a stone circle, was broken up for building purposes. It was situated by the road to Luddenden. (2) No vestige of stone or circle survives. (3)
Additional reference.(4)
Listed by Barnatt, in his gazetteer of stone circles, as a site about which too little is known to be certain whether a genuine stone circle existed. (5) |