NHER 10688 (Structure record) - Stockton Stone
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOCKTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Glacial erratic; obviously regarded in past as of some significance, for in 1662 the 'Town Books' of Stockton record a small payment for putting 'sculps' to the stone.
Information from NCM card (S1).
It was moved in June 1935 by [1] of Stockton Old Hall, according to R. R. Clarke (NCM): but its position on the 1923 and 1958 OS 6 inch maps (S2) is the same.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU), 3 August 1977.
The stone now stands between the old road (now a layby) and the new road to the north. It was obviously moved again where the new road was built, and is set in concrete and has a large steel nail driven in the top. About 3ft (1m) high, very irregular and eroded shape but no signs of carving - or of 'sculps'! According to [2], it is the custom to drive nails into certain standing stones in Scotland as a cure for toothache.
Location map in file.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. NHER10688.
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Stockton.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. 1958.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
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Record last edited
Nov 17 2025 2:15PM