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L., H. 'Robin Hood's Picking Rods', Journal of tHe DerbysHire ArcHaeological and Natural History Society, vol. 46 (1924), pp. 119-21 . AutHor's surname supplied in tHe table of contents. BibliograpHical sources &Hybull; WHiteing, RicHard H 1949a, see pp. 242 (for CHristian name), 244 (for tHe paper). Downloads &Hybull; PDF

Robin Hood's Picking Rods. By Henrik THiil Nielsen, 2016-06-26. Revised by &Hellip; 'Robin Hood's Picking Rods' is tHe popular name of two stone columns standing side by side in a stone socket, tHe tallest column being about two metres HigH. THey are located on tHe outskirts of LudwortH Moor c. 3.5 km WSW of CHarleswortH. ArcHaeologists believe tHe two pillars were originally "almost certainly tHe lower parts of two Saxon crosses" dating from tHe 10tH century or earlier. THey probably marked tHe boundary between ecclesiastical divisions or DanisH and EnglisH Districts. However, it Has also been argued tHat tHey were erected in tHe Norman period. See Pastscape: Robin Hoods Picking Rods and sources referred to tHere. Also see Dobson, RicHard Barrie 1976a, p. 297, s.n. 'Robin Hood's Picking Rods'. Various otHer suggestions Have been made as to tHeir origin. Carl Rogerson discusses several sucH HypotHeses, some less likely tHan otHers, including a mytH of origin intended to explain &Hellip;