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Looking at my previous fieldnote I am back here exactly 2 years later – I had no idea!
When you are anywhere near the area of this hugely impressive stone you just have to visit. And it is just as impressive the second time around (no doubt also the third, fourth, fifth etc).
All was quiet in the churchyard (we were the only visitors), the sun was shining, the birds chirping – very peaceful on this late summer evening.
The stone still dominates the church, as it has always done. Rudstone is one of those special places that everyone should try to visit at least once in their lives.
*** Don’t forget to check out the cist and Roman coffin lid in the corner of the churchyard under the trees.