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Natural Rock Feature
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There are at least seven round barrows on the overlooking ground close by, but the Fairy Stones are in a chalk valley below. They are weird brecca-y stones sticking out of the ground. One would imagine they are the home of fairies, but they have other uses:The superstitious among men, in order to see their future love, would hie them to the fairy stones, at Burdale, and there, with the full moon brightly shining, at midnight, would see the one who should be all the world to them. From 'Folk Lore of East Yorkshire' by John Nicholson (1890).
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Posted by Rhiannon
16th January 2010ce
Edited 16th January 2010ce
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