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Modern SitesSite Name: Nelson Stone (Swainby Shooting House)Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Village: Osmotherley
Map Ref: SE4956598093
Latitude: 54.375937N Longitude: 1.238484W
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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When I first visited in May 2012 this stone was no longer mounted in the ground and was propped up by the natural stone. It has its name Nelson Stone engraved on one side and on the top of the two adjacent sides the letters *A on one side and M on the other. Other boundary stones which run easterly from the Nelson Stone also have ‘A’ and ‘M’ engraved upon them. The ‘M’ stands for Manners the family name of the Duke of Rutland who owned Helmsley Castle for about ten generations, as regards the ‘A’ I do not know what it stands for.
Visiting this location again in July 2014 the well masoned stone seemed to have disappeared and only the large natural stone remained. However an image on the TRIGPOINTINGUK website which can be viewed HERE dated January 2017 shows this stone lying flat in the quarry pond close by. It was probably submerged when I visited in 2014 and that is why I did not see it, as far as I am aware it is still there.
* Note: Various sources on the internet say that it has an ‘M’ and an ‘O’ (for Osmotherley) engraved on it, this is incorrect, the letters are ‘M’ and ‘A’. However the large natural stone, the original Nelson Stone seems to have a small ‘O’ carved on it, though it looks rough and ready.
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