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Modern SitesSite Name: Cray Hall Stone Alternative Name: Grey Hall Stone, Gray Hall Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Village: Osmotherley
Map Ref: SE4797895674
Latitude: 54.354350N Longitude: 1.263302W
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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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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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**Cray Hall Stone** submitted by johndhunter : Cray Hall Stone at SE 47978 95674 – Close up south face, April 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

An old estate boundary stone at Oakdale Head just to the south of Square Corner, beside the Cleveland Way in North Yorkshire. One time fallen but it would appear it has been re-erected about 30m north of its correct location. Probably 19th century but something of an enigma - read on to find our more.

Stanhope White in his 1987 publication ‘ Standing Stones & Earthworks on the North Yorkshire Moors’ page 43 describes finding this stone lying in the heather with the inscription down the shaft ‘Cray Hall Stone’, close to the Cleveland Way at SE 480956. He goes on to say there is no such name in the vicinity and letters in the local press and a search by the county librarian at Northallerton failed to find any place with this name. He goes on to say that the stone has recently been erected where he found it, which is presumably where it is today, SE 47978 95674 (my gps)

Looking at the 1854 OS map which can be viewed HERE it shows three stones in close proximity on the boundary line at Oakdale Head, one of which is named as the Grey Hall Stone. Later OS maps only show two stones, these are actually at SE 47992 95637 and SE 47990 95630, so presumably its correct location should be in close proximity to these two stones. It would appear either the mason or the OS 1854 cartographer made a simple error in the name, either way it has simply been re erected in the wrong place, slightly to the north and west of where it should be. It is of similar height and appearance to some of the other well masoned stones on the actual boundary lines in this general area such as the NELSON STONE and the FABER’S STONE. It also has the letter D midway up its western face also similar to other boundary stones on the nearby line string such as ROBINSONS CROSS.

Note: To add confusion the NYMNP ‘HER’ map names this stone the ‘Gray Hall Stone’ and describes it as an Inscribed Stone rather than a Boundary Stone, presumably because it is no longer on the boundary, it is monument number 5562. Also on their map the stone is shown at SE 47978 95651 which is closer to the boundary line than it actually is. As for it is age its described as a very wide ranging Post Mediaeval.

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