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Robin Hood and Little John, Hampsfield

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood and Little John, Hampsfield / Karl and Ali, 1 Mar. 2015, Creative Commons via Geograph.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-15.

Two large stones of mountain limestone on Hampsfield Allotment, immediately east of Heaning Wood, c. 1.3 km SE of Field Broughton, used to be known as 'Robin Hood and Little John'. Though their collective name seems to have gone out of use, the two large stones still exist.

The earliest record of Robin Hood and Little John known to IRHB is a 6" O.S. map published in 1851, based on a survey carried out in 1848. The name is included in 6" and 25" O.S. maps published as late as c. 1947 and possibly later. James Stockdale noted in 1872 (see Allusiosn below) that they had "from time immemorial gone by the names of Robin Hood and Little John", but "[n]o reasons for these names are known". He suggested that they might have served as boundary marks for shepherds when the area was unenclosed. A recent arcaheological survey lists the stones as "possibly boundary markers of Medieval date", noting that they display "natural erosion features which are now upside down".^[1]Template:PnItemQry

Gazetteers

Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.

Maps

Discussion

Morecambe Bay Partnership; [Martin, Louise]; [Peters, Cat]; [Newman, Richard]. The Archaeology of Hampsfell and Kirkhead: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Volunteer Research (Carlisle, [2018]), p. 65, asset No. 63.

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Notes

↑ Morecambe Bay Partnership; [Martin, Louise]; [Peters, Cat]; [Newman, Richard]. The Archaeology of Hampsfell and Kirkhead: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Volunteer Research (Carlisle, [2018]), p. 65, asset No. 63.

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[1] Morecambe Bay Partnership; [Martin, Louise]; [Peters, Cat]; [Newman, Richard]. The Archaeology of Hampsfell and Kirkhead: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Volunteer Research (Carlisle, [2018]), p. 65, asset No. 63.

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-Two boulders immediately east of Heaning Wood, on Hampsfield Allotment, ''c.'' 1.3 km SE of Field Broughton, are or were known as 'Robin Hood and Little John'. Though their collective name is perhaps no longer current, the two large stones remain ''in situ''.
+Two large stones of mountain limestone on Hampsfield Allotment, immediately east of Heaning Wood, ''c.'' 1.3 km SE of Field Broughton, used to be known as 'Robin Hood and Little John'. Though their collective name seems to have gone out of use, the two large stones still exist.
-The earliest record of Robin Hood and Little John known to IRHB is a 6" O.S. map published in 1851, based on a survey carried out in 1848. The name is included in 6" and 25" O.S. maps published as late as ''c.'' 1947 and possibly later.
+The earliest record of Robin Hood and Little John known to IRHB is a 6" O.S. map published in 1851, based on a survey carried out in 1848. The name is included in 6" and 25" O.S. maps published as late as ''c.'' 1947 and possibly later. James Stockdale noted in 1872 (see Allusiosn below) that they had "from time immemorial gone by the names of Robin Hood and Little John", but "[n]o reasons for these names are known". He suggested that they might have served as boundary marks for shepherds when the area was unenclosed. A recent arcaheological survey lists the stones as "possibly boundary markers of Medieval date", noting that they display "natural erosion features which are now upside down".<ref>{{:Morecambe Bay Partnership 2018a}}, p. 65, asset No. 63.</ref>{{PnItemQry}}
-<!--Two standing stones of unknown date (possibly boundary markers of Medieval date). According to Stockdale, 2 large stones of the "mountain limestone in situ", stand out prominently on the surface. These have gone by the names of Robin Hood and Little John. Stockdale considered the possibility that the stones may have been medieval boundary markers. The stones display 'clints and grikes' - natural erosion features which are now upside down. They were probably way markers or political	boundary markers. This site was	located	during a field survey conducted	by LUAU	in 1999.
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 == Gazetteers ==
 * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 315-19.