<< Our Photo Pages >> Loosehow Hill MS1 - Marker Stone in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Modern SitesSite Name: Loosehow Hill MS1Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Helmsley Nearest Village: Chop Gate
Map Ref: SE5934496060
Latitude: 54.356625N Longitude: 1.088366W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A bit of a puzzle this one, it does not appear to be a boundary stone and does not appear on any historical mapping and yet it appears to be well worn as if it had been there for some time
It stands at or very close to the summit of Loosehow Hill on Bilsdale East Moor, just to the east of a very modern shooters track. Earlier historical maps (pre 1900) also show tracks in this area going to Lime Kilns and Quarries. However later historical maps (post 1900) show none of this, just the bare moor. So is it an older wayfarer stone marking the route to the kilns or just a very modern stone stuck up by someone to mark the summit when they built the shooters track?
As for the stone itself, though I didn’t measure it, its probably about 3ft high maybe a bit more and as there are old limestone quarries in the area is probably made of limestone. It is quite conspicuous and stands out clearly from the heather. I was just walking across the open moor west to east and it caught my attention, I wasn’t even expecting the shooters track as the older OS paper map (2002 edition) I was using a the time (2017) did not show it, so it was something of a surprise to spot the stone.
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