Andle Stone
Large boulder on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire, England
Location of Andle Stone in Derbyshire
The Andle Stone is a large gritstone boulder on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire. The stone block is 6m long, 4m high and lies within a low, circular, dry stone wall enclosure. It is covered in cup and ring marks. It is also known as the Oundle Stone, the Anvil Stone or the Twopenny Loaf.[1][2]
There is a memorial inscription on the west-facing concave face of the boulder, commemorating the Duke of Wellington, Lieutenant Colonel William Thornhill (2nd son of Bache Thornhill of Stanton Hall[3]) and the battles of Assaye and Waterloo. The inscription reads:[4]
| FIELD-MARSHALL DUKE OF WELLINGTON DIED 14 SEPT 1852 AGED 82 YEARS | LIEUT-COLONEL WILLIAM THORNHILL 7 HUSSARS DIED 9 DEC 1851 AGED 71 YEARS | |
ASSYE 1803 WATERLOO 1815 | ||
The Andle Stone and the nearby Doll Tor stone circle are both on private farmland with no public access rights.[5]
Notes
- ^ Julian Cope (1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. Thorsons Pub. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-7225-3599-8. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "MDR3734 - Andle Stone (natural rock), Stanton Moor, Stanton in the Peak". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "The Waterloo Roll Call with Biographical Notes and Anecdotes, by Charles Dalton". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Field Marshal the Duke Of Wellington And Lieutenant Colonel W Thornhill". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. East sheet.
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