Harewood- the nearest village and stately home - may actually be named after this stone.
According to John Gilleghan's "Highways and Byways from Leeds":
"flints and an axe from 1500/2000 BC have been found in this area".
"It has been suggested that the word Harewood has been derived from Grey Stones Wood as Harawuda - Hara Stanes Wudu - means a wood by the stones. The area was known as Hareuuode in the Domesday Book - in Old English "haer" meant stony ground and "har" meant grey."
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If there is an alignment with Almscliffe Crags it must be purely coincidental - as this stone is naturally placed - and so are the crags!
Looking at the carving it appears that it could be directed at the Crags but there again the Crags are the only obvious feature on the landscape and so it is easy to believe the carving is "pointing" to it - when it may just be coincidence.
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