Memorials & monuments · East Midlands
Andle Stone
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
Alan Heardman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
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. 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) and the battles of Assaye and Waterloo. The inscription reads: The Andle Stone and the nearby Doll Tor stone circle are both on private farmland with no public access rights.
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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. 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) and the battles of Assaye and Waterloo. The inscription reads: The Andle Stone and the nearby Doll Tor stone circle are both on private farmland with no public access rights.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 53.1636, -1.6420
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Parish
- Birchover
- Postcode
- DE4 2LY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
Sources
- wikipedia: Andle Stone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Andle Stone?
- Andle Stone is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DE4 2LY), in the parish of Birchover.
- Who owns Andle Stone?
- Andle Stone is owned by | designation1 =.
- Is Andle Stone free to visit?
- Yes, Andle Stone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Andle Stone?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DE4 2LY. It sits within the Derbyshire Dales parliamentary constituency.