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| With reference to Rhiannon's comments about Robin Hood's Pillars. These can be found at NZ918095. Stanhope White describes them as "two saddle-like stones, round pillars with small mushroom caps; the rim of the first is engraved Robin Hood Close and the other Little John Close...... It is not improbable that these two stones have replaced two Bronze Age standing stones; they would have attracted tales of Robin Goodfellow; when Robin Hood began to appear as a folk hero his name replaced the earlier leaders name, and no doubt some good burgher of Whitby replaced the ancient stones with these more decorative modern ones!" Stanhope White Standing Stones & Earthworks on the North Yorkshire Moors. 1987 |
Posted by fitzcoraldo22nd March 2007ce |
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