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Robin Hood's Stone

Coordinates: 53°22′15″N 2°54′13″W / 53.37094°N 2.90353°W / 53.37094; -2.90353
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Robin Hood's Stone

Robin Hood's Stone, also known as The Archer Stone[1] is a Bronze age standing stone and scheduled monument in Liverpool, UK.[2]

Description

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It was originally part of the nearby Calderstones. Since 1928 it has stood at the junction of Archerfield Road and Booker Avenue. Prior to this, it stood 60 metres away in a field then named The Stone Hey, but was moved due to a housing development.[3]

Robin Hood's Stone is rectangular and measures about 2 metres high by 0.9 metres wide by 0.4 metres thick. It features cup marks similar to those at the Calderstones.[2]

Name

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The stone is named for a local legend that its visible grooves are the result of it being used by medieval archers to sharpen arrowheads. Liverpool Echo has reported that there is no evidence for this.[4] Mark and Michelle Rosney's Secret Liverpool states that natural weathering and erosion is equally possible, and that the stone has no actual connection to Robin Hood.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosney, Mark; Rosney, Michelle (15 August 2015). Secret Liverpool. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445640860.
  2. ^ a b "Heritage Gateway - Results". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ^ "Robin Hood's Stone at the junction of Archerfield Road and Booker Avenue, Non Civil Parish - 1020984 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ^ Grimsditch, Lee (2020-08-09). "Mysterious hidden message inscribed on Liverpool roundabout". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

Further reading

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  • Ron Cowell: The Calderstones. A Prehistoric Tomb in Liverpool. Merseyside Archaeological Society, Liverpool 1984, ISBN 0906479053

53°22′15″N 2°54′13″W / 53.37094°N 2.90353°W / 53.37094; -2.90353