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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nan Stone. - Marker Stone in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by johndhunter on Tuesday, 18 August 2020  Page Views: 756

Modern SitesSite Name: Nan Stone.
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
 Nearest Village: Lealholm
Map Ref: NZ7498411279
Latitude: 54.491314N  Longitude: 0.843917W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Nan Stone.
Nan Stone. submitted by johndhunter : Nan Stone at NZ 74984 11279 – Close up, west face with small cross carved on it, May 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Marker Stone in Yorkshire (North)

A boundary stone located just to the south* and west of a very swampy area which is one of the sources of Hardale Beck. The large boulder is the original Nan Stone and its western face is flat with a small cross etched into it. This stone has probably marked a boundary of one form or another since time immemorial**, though today it marks the boundary between the urban authorities of Redcar & Cleveland and Scarborough District. The more modern 18C? squared stone next to it has the name Nan Stone carved into its south face, though this is now fading. Both stones are about 1 metre high.

*Approaching from the north you will need to cross this swamp and whilst the OS map shows a clear trail coming from Sail Howe crossing the swamp to the west of the stone and going onto Black Dike Moor its not always clear where to actually cross, though there is usually a stick marking it, which you need to look out for. Regardless the crossing point is at NZ 74761 11294.

** Just a thought but I have a feeling that some of the older stones / boulders along the boundary line on Easington High Moor have been marking boundaries of one form or another for a very long time. There is no obvious reason for the boundary line it doesn’t follow ridges, becks etc, it is determined by the location of these stones / boulders with occasionally more modern 18C stones next to them.
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Nan Stone.
Nan Stone. submitted by johndhunter : Close up of south face of C18 masoned stone showing its engraved name, May 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nan Stone.
Nan Stone. submitted by johndhunter : Nan Stone at NZ 74984 11279 – South Face, May 2012. The original Nan Stone is the earth fast boulder on the right, its more modern (18C?) counterpart on the left has its name, though now fading carved on the top of this face. The lighter vegetation running across the image just above centre is swamp and whilst I have done it, it’s not a good idea to cross directly at this point. The stone is ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nan Stone.
Nan Stone. submitted by johndhunter : Nan Stone at NZ 74984 11279 – West Face, May 2012. The original Nan Stone is the earth fast boulder on the left, its more modern (18C?) counterpart on the right has its name, though now fading carved on the top of its south face. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Nan Stone. by enjaytom on Wednesday, 02 February 2022
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Neil L. Thomas reply:-
'Nan' is the Cymraeg term for "Grandma",
'Nant' is the Cymraeg word for "brook", "creek" "small stream". I know! Diolch.
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Re: Nan Stone. by johndhunter on Monday, 31 January 2022
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In Frank Elgees study of Celtic place names in his 1930 book 'Early Man in North East Yorkshire ' page 211, he states that 'nant' is Welsh for a valley and that 'nan' is a Cornish variant of this. Consequently this is where the Nan Stones name could have derived from as it stands on the edge of a long deep valley
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