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Multi-periodSite Name: The Hob Stone Alternative Name: Hob Stone, Hobs StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.238 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:
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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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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