<< Our Photo Pages >> Robin Hood and Little John - Standing Stones in England in Cambridgeshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Robin Hood and Little John Alternative Name: St Edmund's StonesCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.966 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cambridgeshire Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Peterborough Nearest Village: Alwalton
Map Ref: TL1395098389 Landranger Map Number: 142
Latitude: 52.571397N Longitude: 0.320072W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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oldman visited on 1st Jan 2016 I don't remember them as overgrown as this. I must dig through my pictures.
The stones can be approached from the main car park in the Ferry Meadows Country Park by walking towards Milton Ferry Bridge. Cross the bridge and turn left along the path by the river. Or you can drive along the A47 to Milton Ferry Bridge and park there. You have to scout around and climb a fence topped with barbed wire and its quite clear that no one wants you to find them!
There is no local stone here so they must have been brought by man or glacier. Almost certainly medieval to mark a safe crossing place of the wide River Nene. Why Robin Hood and Little John? Remember how Robin first met John? They met on a narrow footbridge across a river and neither would give way to the other. Seems appropriate somehow. [Page authored by Vicky Morgan/
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page on these 'standing stones' - see their entry for Robin Hood & Little John, Castor, Northamptonshire. TNA give directions for finding these stones together with an image of the 1885 OS map showing the location of the stones, a sketch and quotes from historical reference material.
The stones are also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1331584, which adds: "CASTOR FERRY HILL (off) (south side) Robin Hood and Little John stones (formerly listed under Ferry Road). These stones were apparently set up to mark a privilege roadway free of toll for the cartage of Barnack stone to Gunwade Ferry for shipment via the River Nene for the building of Bury St Edmund's Abbey. Arrow head nicks at the top of each are supposed to be in memory of St Edmund, to which tradition has attached a story of Robin Hood and Little John having shot arrows to these spots. No trace of arrow head markings has been identified."
Note: A new project to restore the standing stones of Robin Hood and Little John near Peterborough
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