Rudston

The Gypsey Race 1

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stubob Mar 28, 2002 19:03:44

hey up.....
Does anyone know if Rudston's henge is visible, marked as 'site of ' on O.S maps.....

Yorkshirepedestrian Apr 1, 2002 01:11:27

Replying to stubob

Nah it's utterly gone. Nothing left.
SAme with all the cursuses.... all gone.
They lasted about 4 millennia and then farmers cleared them all last century, apparently.
It's still worth a visit to see Willy Howe and Baal Hill though. ANd the monolith and lovely old Norman church.
One of my favourite places in Britain

Chris Collyer Apr 7, 2002 20:13:47

Replying to stubob

Been up at Rudston and the surrounding area today (second time this week) and I was looking at the small standing stone in the corner of the church-yard. It looks like sandstone and is about 1m high. Does anybody know anything about it - has it always been on the site, or has it been placed there recently. Also next to it are 2 slab tombs. I thought they were modern, but when I got home and had a dig through the books I found this - '2 cists constructed of sandstone slabs were moved to the churchyard after they were excavated by Canon Greenwell in a barrow on Rudston Wold, 2.4km south of the church in 1869'
Does anybody have any information or ideas on which barrow they came from (Southside Mount??) Could the ickle stone have come from there too?
-Chris