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Revision as of 17:10, 4 January 2021
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-04.
22 localities in England with traditions connecting them to one or more others by bowshot:
- Chinley Churn (Chinley)
- Dipping Stone (Whaley Moor)
- Eastwood Rocks (Ashover)
- Hathersage Churchyard
- Kirklees Priory Gatehouse (Kirklees)
- Limlow Hill (Litlington)
- Litlington Chalk Pit (Litlington)
- Little John's Stone (Whitby Laithes)
- Robin Hood's Bow Stones (Lyme Handley)
- Robin Hood's Butt (Elford)
- Robin Hood's Butt (Wigginton)
- Robin Hood's Butts (Combridge)
- Robin Hood's Grave (Kirklees Priory)
- Robin Hood's Mark (Ashover)
- Robin Hood's Picking Rods (Chisworth)
- Robin Hood's Stone (Whitby Laithes)
- Robin Hood's Stoop (Offerton Moor)
- Robin Hood's Stride (Harthill)
- Robin Hood's Tree (Bassingbourn)
- Rough Low Tor (Buxton)
- Whitby Abbey
- White Gate (Stubwood)
Ireland
Because they must not interfere with IRHB's statistics on Robin Hood-related place-names and localities in England, British localities outside England are kept apart. Dublin boasts two localities connected by a feat of flight shooting performed by Little John which was so impressive that it immediately alerted the authorities to his presence there – for who but Little John could shoot so far? – whereupon he made his precipitate escape to Scotland.