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Dipping Stone
Hob Uid: 78367
Location : Derbyshire High Peak Whaley Bridge
Grid Ref : SJ9956081711
Summary : Dipping or Plague Stone-10th century or later base stone of twin boundary crosses.
More information : SJ 99458172 THE DIPPING STONE (NR) or PLAGUE STONE (NR) (1) The rectangular stone is 4' long and from 21"-32" wide, and is considered to be the base stone of a pair of Saxon crosses, probably not later than the 10th. c. Similar base stones are part of the Bow Stones (SJ 98 SE 10), Robin Hoods Picking Rods (SK 09 SW 1) at Chisworth, and the Great Stone at Stretford (Lancs). This group of crosses were probably boundary marks. Cox (a) suggests those of ecclesiastical Divisions and Green (b) those of Danish and English Districts. (2) As described and sited at SJ 99568171. See ground photograph AO/62/278/6. (3) (SJ 99558171) The Dipping Stone (NR). (4) The cross base is visible on the latest aerial photography and was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : Antiquity XI No 43 1937 294-299 Photos (C W Phillips)
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : 'Early Crosses in the High Peak' The Athenaeum 9 July 1904 562 (J C Cox)
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : Trans L and C A S 56 1941-2 114-20 (Charles Green)
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Source details : F1 TPW 10-OCT-62
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : OS 1:10 000 1977
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ9981 08-OCT-2011
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : C10
Monument End Date : 999
Monument Start Date : 900
Monument Type : Boundary Cross, Wayside Cross
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23363
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 98 SE 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1962-10-10
End Date : 1962-10-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2015-07-08
End Date : 2017-02-28

Historic England Research Records

Dipping Stone