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| Hey fitz! Thanks for replying, I'm still dropping in from time to time. After a mad drive around town, a great wander through a rather rough spot in Hemlington, Alirich and I gave up and headed to M'bro's central library and puzzled the people there with our quest. They were rather clueless, but offered a small book on Hemlington for sale for about £2, I bought it just out of curiosity, couldn't find a mention in there and forgot about it all. Then one sleepless night at 4am I re-read the book and spotted this: "At first glance Viewley Hill may seem to be just another farm, though a closer look may reveal several features of local interest. A standing stone along the lane side which survived until the mid-twentieth century was believed by Alec Wright to have dated from Roman times." Not suprising to hear it was Roman as it was only about 1/4 of a mile south from Lathgate Way (Ladgate Lane/Low Lane), which is thought to follow a Roman Road, and where a few otehr Roman things have been found over the years. Shame it wasn't older though... Barry. Reply | with quote |  12th May 2003ce 11:09 In reply to: Re: Standing stone in Middlesbrough?? (fitzcoraldo) |
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