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Hurl Stone
Hob Uid: 5864
Location : Northumberland Lilburn
Grid Ref : NU0395024710
Summary : The shaft of a standing cross of medieval date. It consists of a tapering cross shaft set into a rectangular socket stone. The shaft is known to have been re-erected in the socket stone in the early 19th century after it was struck off by lightning.
More information : (NU03942471) Hurl Stone (GT) (1) Anglian cross-shaft, headless. Its height is "a little over 13 feet" & the shaft measures 20in by 13in at the base, tapering towards the top. It is set in a socket stone approx 4ft 6in by 4ft., the top surface being about 1 ft above present ground level. The shaft appears never to have been carved and any runes have weathered away. In 1859 M A Denham wrote that some years ago a portion of the stone had been struck off by lightning, and that it was erected in a socket by Mr Jobson, late farmer of Newtown. The history of the cross is not clear, viz a. It may have always stood at this spot, the socket stone being added later. b. It may have been moved from nearer the road. c. (Less probable) it may have been brought from "Fair Cross of East Lilburn" after the Reformation and set up later. The date 1838, cut on the face of the shaft, may refer to the date it was set in its socket as the cement therein is doubtless of the same age. (2-3) NU03952471 Upon a rise in a pasture field, a sand-stone shaft upon a sandstone base. The shaft, rectangular in cross-section is weathered and damaged down the SW corner; and is set with cement in an oblong base. Size of the shaft 0.5m x 0.35m (at the base) x approx 4.3 high. Size of the base 1.4m x 1.2m x max visible depth 0.5m. There are no apparently original inscriptions to be seen, and no evidence for dating exists. See photograph. (4) Condition unchanged. Published survey (25") revised. (5) NU 039 247. The Hurl Stone, Newtown, near Chillingham. Scheduled No ND/131. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1926
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Source details : Dodds MH Ed 1935 A History of Northumberland 14 p324
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Source details : F2 RE 30-APR-69
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List Northumberland March 1994 p26
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 27/08/1996
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Cross
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Early C19
Monument End Date : 1832
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : Cross
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ND 131
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 29301
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NU 02 SW 7
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1955-11-21
End Date : 1955-11-21

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-04-30
End Date : 1969-04-30

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Hurl Stone