NHER 11081 (Monument record) - Harold's or Herolf's Stone
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM28SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | REDENHALL WITH HARLESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Glacial erratic in alleyway (Stone Tenements).
Called 'Herolf's Stone' or 'Harold's Stone' or 'King Harold's mounting block' or stone on which Herolf/Harold stood to apportion land.
See (S1) and Bolingbroke Collection. Both stories suggest that the town is named after the stone.
It is a roughly rectangular recumbant granite block about 2 x 1 x 1m with indentations on top, situated in a pedestrian walkway.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 2003.
D. Gurney (NLA), 17 April 2008.
NGR corrected from original [1].
M. Horlock (NLA), 27 August 2003.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Redenhall with Harleston.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF1571 Article in Serial: Dixon, S. E. 1916. Some Earthworks and Standing Stones in East Anglia, in relation to the Prehistoric Solar Cultus. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol II Pt II (for 1915-16) pp 171-173. p 172.
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Record last edited
Nov 7 2020 4:28PM