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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 Though their collective name is perhaps no longer current, the two large stones remain ''in situ''.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 Allusions 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> Two wandereres who photographed the stones in 2015 noted that "[r]ecent clearing has really opened up the area - a few years ago this was almost a woodland path hemmed in by trees and scrub".<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4371872 SD3980 : Heading north on Hampsfield Allotment (2)] by Karl and Ali.</ref>
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The district is now part of Cumbria.<ref>[http://www.lakesguides.co.uk/html/lgaz/lk20954.htm Old Cumbria Gazetteer: Robin Hood and Little John.]</ref>
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* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102339183#zoom=5&lat=3268&lon=5222&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' XII.SE (''c.'' 1947; rev. 1911).]
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/102339183#zoom=5&lat=3268&lon=5222&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Lancashire'' XII.SE (''c.'' 1947; rev. 1911).]
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 7 January 2021

Locality
Coordinate 54.215438, -2.923845
Adm. div. Lancashire
Vicinity Immediately E of Heaning Wood; Hampsfield Allotment, c. 1.3 km SE of Field Broughton
Type Natural feature
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Defunct
First Record 1851
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Robin Hood and Little John, Hampsfield
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, 2021-01-07.

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 Allusions 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] Two wandereres who photographed the stones in 2015 noted that "[r]ecent clearing has really opened up the area - a few years ago this was almost a woodland path hemmed in by trees and scrub".[2]

The district is now part of Cumbria.[3]

Allusions

1872 - Stockdale, James - Annales Carmoelenses

 On the brow of the allotment above Haening Wood two large stones, of the mountain limestone in situ, stand out prominently on the surface. These have from time immemorial gone by the names of Robin Hood and Little John. They are so given in the six-inch [p. 475:] scale ordnance map. No reasons for these names are known, but the stones may have been local marks for the shepherds in the old times when the district was unenclosed.[4]

Gazetteers

Maps

Discussion

Brief mention

Also see

Notes

  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.
  2. ↑ SD3980 : Heading north on Hampsfield Allotment (2) by Karl and Ali.
  3. ↑ Old Cumbria Gazetteer: Robin Hood and Little John.
  4. ↑ Stockdale, James. Annales Carmoelenses: or Annals of Cartmel (Ulverston; London, 1872), pp. 474-75.


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