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<p>The Standing Stone in Sowerby was a pillar about 180 cm in height near the Long Causeway on the boundary between the townships of Sowerby and Mytholmroyd. According to tradition, Robin Hood threw this rock off a nearby hill with a spade as he was digging (see 1775 Allusion). The stone is first referred to – without any mention of Robin Hood – in minister's accounts of 1403 and the Wakefield court rolls of 1525. There are several later references.<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. III, pp. 149-50.</ref> | <p>The Standing Stone in Sowerby was a pillar about 180 cm in height near the Long Causeway on the boundary between the townships of Sowerby and Mytholmroyd. According to tradition, Robin Hood threw this rock off a nearby hill with a spade as he was digging (see 1775 Allusion). The stone is first referred to – without any mention of Robin Hood – in minister's accounts of 1403 and the Wakefield court rolls of 1525. There are several later references.<ref>{{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. III, pp. 149-50.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:41, 6 December 2017
Approximate former location of the Standing Stone and c. 150 m south the location to which it was moved or the location of another standing stone.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-06.
The Standing Stone in Sowerby was a pillar about 180 cm in height near the Long Causeway on the boundary between the townships of Sowerby and Mytholmroyd. According to tradition, Robin Hood threw this rock off a nearby hill with a spade as he was digging (see 1775 Allusion). The stone is first referred to – without any mention of Robin Hood – in minister's accounts of 1403 and the Wakefield court rolls of 1525. There are several later references.[1] According to the 'Northern Antiquary', the monolith was still standing in situ in 1852, but by the early 20th century it had been moved to another location in the vicinity, and subsequently it has vanished without a trace.[2] As an armchair explorer I am in no position to deny the validity of this, but I must note that on the 6" O.S. maps of the area published 1894 to 1950 is indicated not only "Standing Stone (Site of)", but c. 150 m south of this another "Standing Stone" is indicated as still standing. Were there once two standing stones or do these maps give us the former and (then) current location of one and the same stone? If the latter is the case, is the stone still there?
Quotations
|[1775:] SOWERBY
Has in it a rude stone pillar, called the Standing Stone, near six feet high, which may have been an idol of the Heathen inhabitants of this land, such as was forbidden Leviticus xxvi. I. "Ye shall make you no idols, nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image (in the original, a pillar) neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it." Or it might mark out the burial place of some great person; as when Rachel died, "Jacob set up a pillar on her grave," Gen. xxxv. 20; or, lastly, it might be erected to perpetuate some remarkable event, the very tradition of which is now lost.[3]
Has in it a rude stone pillar, called the Standing Stone, near six feet high, which may have been an idol of the Heathen inhabitants of this land, such as was forbidden Leviticus xxvi. I. "Ye shall make you no idols, nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image (in the original, a pillar) neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it." Or it might mark out the burial place of some great person; as when Rachel died, "Jacob set up a pillar on her grave," Gen. xxxv. 20; or, lastly, it might be erected to perpetuate some remarkable event, the very tradition of which is now lost.[3]
Allusion
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Gazetteers
- Not in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
Sources
- Northern Antiquarian: Sowerby Lad, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
- Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. III, pp. 149-50.
- Watson, John. The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire (London, 1775), pp. 25, 27.
Maps
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXX.SW (1894; surveyed 1892)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXX.SW (1908; rev. 1905)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXX.SW (1908; rev. 1905) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXX.SW (1936; rev. 1934)
- 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CCXXX.SW (1950; rev. 1938)
- 1:25,000 O.S. map SE02 (1955). Centered on Brown Hill, approx. location of stone.
Notes
- ↑ Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Place-Name Society, vols. XXX-XXXVII) (Cambridge, 1961-63), pt. III, pp. 149-50.
- ↑ Northern Antiquarian: Sowerby Lad, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
- ↑ Watson, John. The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire (London, 1775), pp. 25, 27.