<< Text Pages >> Nafferton Slack (Driffield) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Yorkshire (East)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nafferton Slack (Driffield)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.566 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Driffield Nearest Village: Nafferton
Map Ref: TA040587
Latitude: 54.013845N Longitude: 0.414362W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Yorkshire (East)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this now destroyed standing stone - see their entry for Nafferton Slack, Driffield, East Yorkshire.
TNA says that information on this stone is sparse, and the grid reference provided is only an approximation of its location, and quotes: "John Nicholson (1890) told us the following intriguing bitta folklore about this stone, saying: 'About half way down the hill forming the eastern slope of Nafferton Slack, by the roadside, to prevent waggons leaving the roadway, stood a large stone, which was believed to have wonderful powers. At night, at certain seasons, it glowed like fire, sometimes it seemed but the portal of a well-lighted hall; and one old stone-breaker declared he had heard wonderful music issuing therefrom, the like of which he had never heard before; while on one occasion he had seen troops of gaily-dressed elfins repairing thither, some on foot and some on carriages, and they all went into this mysterious hall. The old man is dead, the stone is gone, and the fairies have departed'."
TNA adds: "a few hundred yards south, just off the same boundary line, we find the remains of the curiously named tumulus of Cheesecake Hill). Any further info would be most welcome…"
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