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[[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|350px|Robin Hood's Mark / {{:Rooke, Hayman 1796a}}, plate facing p. 43.]] | [[File:{{#var:Image}}|thumb|right|350px|Robin Hood's Mark / {{:Rooke, Hayman 1796a}}, plate facing p. 43.]] | ||
<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-06-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-06-16. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}. This locality was kindly brought to IRHB's notice by Chris.</p> | ||
Robin Hood's Mark, situated ''c.'' 2 km southwest of Ashover, is first recorded in 1794. | Robin Hood's Mark, situated ''c.'' 2 km southwest of Ashover, is first recorded in 1794. | ||
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<div class="plainquote"><p> There is in the Peak of Derbyshire a very remarkable rocking stone, called by the country people ''<keyword>Robin Hood's Mark</keyword>''; it stands on the edge of a declivity near the top of a hill on Ashover common, looking down upon Overton hall, an estate of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. the respectable President of the Royal Society, who will undoubtedly preserve this curious Druidical monument.</p> | <div class="plainquote"><p> There is in the Peak of Derbyshire a very remarkable rocking stone, called by the country people ''<keyword>Robin Hood's Mark</keyword>''; it stands on the edge of a declivity near the top of a hill on Ashover common, looking down upon Overton hall, an estate of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. the respectable President of the Royal Society, who will undoubtedly preserve this curious Druidical monument.</p> | ||
<p> Fig. 1. plate V. represents the South view of this rocking stone, which, from its extraordinary position, evidently appears not only to have been the work of art, but to have been placed with great ingenuity; the two upper stones (a and b) have been shaped to fit exactly with the two upright stones (c and d) on which they rest; and so artfully contrived, that the lower stone (b) moves with the upper stone (a). It measures about 26 feet in circumference.</p> | <p> Fig. 1. plate V. represents the South view of this rocking stone, which, from its extraordinary position, evidently appears not only to have been the work of art, but to have been placed with great ingenuity; the two upper stones (a and b) have been shaped to fit exactly with the two upright stones (c and d) on which they rest; and so artfully contrived, that the lower stone (b) moves with the upper stone (a). It measures about 26 feet in circumference.</p> | ||
<p> That this is a Druidical monument formed by art, cannot, I think, be denied; we are assured that the Druids were well skilled in the art of magic, by which the superstitious Britons were led implicitly to believe in the miracles performed by these rocking stones.<ref>[https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3572/turning_stone_and_robin_hoods_mark.html#inlineMap The Modern Antiquarian: Turning Stone and Robin Hoods Mark.] Rooke's italics.</ref></p></div> | <p> That this is a Druidical monument formed by art, cannot, I think, be denied; we are assured that the Druids were well skilled in the art of magic, by which the superstitious Britons were led implicitly to believe in the miracles performed by these rocking stones.<ref name="ModernAntiquarian">[https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3572/turning_stone_and_robin_hoods_mark.html#inlineMap The Modern Antiquarian: Turning Stone and Robin Hoods Mark.] Rooke's italics.</ref></p></div> | ||
In regarding this as a 'Druidical monument', Colonel Rooke was very much a child of his time. | |||
The coordinate cited in the infobox is as given at the Modern Antiquarian website.<ref>[https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3572/turning_stone_and_robin_hoods_mark.html#inlineMap The Modern Antiquarian: Turning Stone and Robin Hoods Mark.]</ref> It is uncertain if this is correct. On Google Maps satellite view (see image gallery below) several outcrops are visible in the vicinity, but at the point indicated nothing except trees are to be seen. While much of the area is evidently overgrown with rhododendrons, a few contributors to the Modern Antiquarian have managed to locate the stones and take a photo of them. One offers this helpful comment: 'Robin Hoods Mark is due south of the Turning Stone, on it's own, between the outcrops of Overton Tor and Cocking Tor. It has been wedged to prevent it from rocking. The Turning Stone never was a rocking stone'.<ref name="ModernAntiquarian"/> | |||
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== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 16 June 2021
| Locality | |
|---|---|
| Coordinate | Near 53.15366, -1.487028 ? |
| Adm. div. | Derbyshire |
| Vicinity | c. 2 km SW of Ashover; c. 200 m S of the Turning Stone; north of Cocking Tor |
| Type | Natural feature |
| Interest | Robin Hood name |
| Status | Extant |
| First Record | 1794 |
| A.k.a. | Robin Hoods Mark |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-06-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-06-16. This locality was kindly brought to IRHB's notice by Chris.
Robin Hood's Mark, situated c. 2 km southwest of Ashover, is first recorded in 1794.
This natural stone feature is located c. 200 m south of the Turning Stone and somewhere north of Cocking Tor. Hayman Rooke, who was the first to mention Robin Hood's Mark, gave this account of it in 1794 (the figure referred to can be seen elsewhere on this page):
There is in the Peak of Derbyshire a very remarkable rocking stone, called by the country people Robin Hood's Mark; it stands on the edge of a declivity near the top of a hill on Ashover common, looking down upon Overton hall, an estate of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. the respectable President of the Royal Society, who will undoubtedly preserve this curious Druidical monument.
Fig. 1. plate V. represents the South view of this rocking stone, which, from its extraordinary position, evidently appears not only to have been the work of art, but to have been placed with great ingenuity; the two upper stones (a and b) have been shaped to fit exactly with the two upright stones (c and d) on which they rest; and so artfully contrived, that the lower stone (b) moves with the upper stone (a). It measures about 26 feet in circumference.
That this is a Druidical monument formed by art, cannot, I think, be denied; we are assured that the Druids were well skilled in the art of magic, by which the superstitious Britons were led implicitly to believe in the miracles performed by these rocking stones.[1]
In regarding this as a 'Druidical monument', Colonel Rooke was very much a child of his time.
The coordinate cited in the infobox is as given at the Modern Antiquarian website.[2] It is uncertain if this is correct. On Google Maps satellite view (see image gallery below) several outcrops are visible in the vicinity, but at the point indicated nothing except trees are to be seen. While much of the area is evidently overgrown with rhododendrons, a few contributors to the Modern Antiquarian have managed to locate the stones and take a photo of them. One offers this helpful comment: 'Robin Hoods Mark is due south of the Turning Stone, on it's own, between the outcrops of Overton Tor and Cocking Tor. It has been wedged to prevent it from rocking. The Turning Stone never was a rocking stone'.[1]
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Sources
Maps
- 25" map Derbyshire XXIX.16 (c. 1880; surveyed c. 1875). No copy in NLS]
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.16 (1899; rev. 1897)
- 25" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.16 (1922; rev. 1919)
- 25" O.S. map Ashover parish, Derbyshire (1950s) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.SE (1884; surveyed 1879)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.SE (1899; rev. 1897–98) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.SE (1899; rev. 1897–98)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX (1923; rev. 1919–20)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.SE (1923; rev. 1919)
- 6" O.S. map Derbyshire XXIX.SE (c. 1948; rev. 1938).
Also see
Notes
Image gallery
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Robin Hood's Mark / Rooke, Hayman. 'An Account of some Druidical Remains in Derbyshire', Archaeologica: or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, vol. XII (1796), pp. 41-49, plate facing p. 43.
Location of Robin Hood's Mark according to the Modern Antiquarian / Google Earth (click or tap image for larger version)
