Robin Hood's Quoit (Monston Edge)

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Robin Hood's Quoit a.k.a. Man Stone or Manstone.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood's Quoit or the Man Stone / Dr Neil Clifton.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.

'Robin Hood's Quoit' is the name of a boulder in the Whitworth area (Lancashire). It is first noted in 1831.

According to a local tradition recounted by John Roby in the Second Series of his Lancashire Traditions published in 1831 (see Allusions below),[1] Robin Hood threw this boulder all the way from his Bed on Blackstone Edge, located c. 8 km to the west. Historically the quoit marked the boundary between Wardle and Whitworth parishes.[2] An alternative and perhaps more common name for it is 'Man Stone' or 'Manstone'. The name 'Robin Hood's Quoit' is no doubt still current. It is noted, for instance, in an undated, probably pre-1960, clipping from the Manchester Guardian.[3] Yet the stone does not appear to be indicated under any of its names on pre-World War II O.S. 6" maps available online.Template:PnItemQry

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