<< Our Photo Pages >> Abbot's Hand - Marker Stone in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Modern SitesSite Name: Abbot's Hand Alternative Name: Pallas-stoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.278 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Pateley Bridge Nearest Village: Greenhow
Map Ref: SE138614
Latitude: 54.048383N Longitude: 1.790726W
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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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There are various inscriptions: a cross; the number 16 which may be the first part of a date, the remainder having broken away (it's on the narrower top part); a clear letter R and a much weathered second letter, looking most like an I now, to me, but reported as a P by one author and an F by another. There may be other inscriptions as well, it is severely weathered.
It is just south of a track called Plumpton Way on some modern maps, or Plumpton Gate in the past.
It is mentioned in at least two of the documents associated with determining the extent of the Forest of Knaresborough just prior to its enclosure in the late C18th, and is described as 'of great age' in a 1576 perambulation document.
Likely purposes are either marking Fountains Abbey lands, Roger Frank (RF) being Abbot from 1410, or land granted to Robert Plumpton (RP) by Henry VI. Or indeed both.
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