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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: The Loki Stone Alternative Name: The Devil Stone; Church of St. John (Kirby Stephen)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Kirby Stephen
Map Ref: NY77130774
Latitude: 54.464514N Longitude: 2.354336W
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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He does not look at all pleased; not the sort of person to mess with. Loki was the god of strife - also called 'the bound devil'. On the sides of the stone there is scrollwork patterning.
The church site probably dates back to 850 AD although the church is 13th century. Also within the church there is a stone with a tiny, incised cross carved in the middle of a circle. This may have once formed part of a cross, or the shaft of a cross.
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