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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Tocca's Stone Alternative Name: Touches Stone, Tocha's StumpCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.434 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Darwen Nearest Village: Tockholes
Map Ref: SD65842302
Latitude: 53.702486N Longitude: 2.518914W
Condition:
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| 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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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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This curious shaped stone stump is of Anglo Saxon origins, dating from the 8th century. It was probably a preaching cross, but this was broken off and lost, leaving just a stump and a round-shaped stone at it's side. The meaning of this is unknown. Beneath the stone stump is a more recent square-shaped stone with a long inscription - referring to a quarrel of sorts between two locals who carved the inscription.
Also in the churchyard is a rare outdoor pulpit, dating from the early 1900s, which was used for open-air services. This is said to be the only one of its kind in Britain. To the E of the churchyard, up the lane, a Medieval well with an inscription on it's arch. The well was said to have had healing properties.
The Journal of Antiquities features a page for this site - see their entry for Tocca’s Stone, Tockholes, Lancashire which includes photographs, directions for finding this stone, and local folklore. Strangely, there are no entries on Historic England or Pastscape for this stone or the well, but the Lancashire Past website includes more details in their entry for Tocca’s Stone, St Stephens Churchyard, Tockholes.
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