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darkman Mar 8, 2012 11:08:41
Replying to sammie

thanks for replys and photos i couldnt find how to up load one ,i live near by this place and yes its very sad stone, so dont think thats its original place , and a few years ago they ( the pub) decided to paint it red and white for england match ) looking into more if its history and where it came from , i know of
The town, Immingham, has a completely English name which is unusual in an area noted for large-scale Norse settlements. This suggests that the name of the town dates from before the Viking invasion of this area. Bede mentions a Northumbrian nobleman called Imma,

C Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Mar 8, 2012 13:53:58
Replying to darkman

There are a few similar stones dotted around northeast Lincolnshire but I hadn'd come across the Immingham one before. There another picture of it here -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedouglascampbellshow/2985072803/in/set-72157608391975010/

Information about the stones is thin on the ground but they seem to be regarded as glacial erratics and as large boulders are so rare in the area they have ended up with names and legends attached to them, mostly to do with the Danes. Quite a few of them seem to have moved around over the years too.

This page has three stones -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nigel.portas/legend1.htm

There are a couple of stones outside Louth museum -
http://g.co/maps/5ew9r

The 'Sons of TC Lethbridge' website used to have a page about some of these stones but the site doesn't seem to be working properly at the moment. I think the link was this one-
http://tc-lethbridge.co.uk/tekhs_journal/?id=131

-Chris