| HER Number (PRN): | 01035 |
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| Name: | Bradling Stone, Norton in Hales |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
A natural stone, traditionally associated with Shrove Tuesday celebrations and alleged to be part of a megalithic tomb (although it isn't!).
| Parish: | Norton in Hales, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ73NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 7032 3864 |
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Related records
| 01735 | Related to: Castle on Callow Hill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA1069 - 1975 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
- ESA6407 - 2008 DBA of ancient parish of Mucklestone, Shropshire/Staffs by Michael Fradley
Description
A possible chamber tomb <1>
"At Norton in Hales, are some remains which undoubtedly once formed part of a burial chamber" <2a>
A large stone standing on the green between the church and an inn associated with a Shrove Tuesday custom of great antiquity <2b>
In a plantation, (SJ30343861), formerly stood under a tree on the village green. Stone is natural and not an antiquity <2c>
Roughly triangular stone with 1.8m sides and 0.5m thick. It is mounted on three smaller stones on the village green. OS FI 1975 <2>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01035. |
| [01] | SSA573 - Index: Birmingham University. Print out. |
| [02b] | SSA2927 - Monograph: Hulbert C. 1837. The History and Description of The County of Salop. p116. |
| [02d] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 DJC 23-SEP-75. |
| [02a] | SSA3776 - Volume: Anon. 1927. Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol 1. p29. |
| [02c] | SSA3777 - Map annotation: Anon. Map annotation. County Series. 1:10560. |
| [02] | SSA3778 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1975. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ73NW14 . Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ73NW14 . |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 29 2021 3:07PM |
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