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Multi-periodSite Name: The Hob Stone Alternative Name: Hob Stone, Hobs Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.068 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: York
Map Ref: SE5891450417
Latitude: 53.946513N  Longitude: 1.103883W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Sculptured Stone in Yorkshire (North)

The Hob Stone is a weathered sculptured stone depicting a knight, and once had an inscription on the back which read:

This image Long
Hob's name has bore
Who was a Knight
in time of yore
and gave this
Common to ye poor


Next to the Hob Stone is a 17th c plague stone.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SE5850 : The Hob Stone and Plague Stone by Ian Capper
by Ian Capper
©2017(licence)
SE5850 : The Hob Stone, York by Benjamin Shaw
by Benjamin Shaw
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SE5850 : Little Hob Moor by Ian Capper
by Ian Capper
©2017(licence)
SE5850 : White House Gardens - Pulleyn Drive by Betty Longbottom
by Betty Longbottom
©2010(licence)
SE5850 : White House Rise - Pulleyn Drive by Betty Longbottom
by Betty Longbottom
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