The Culbone Stone is an inscribed stone, with a wheel cross cut into its south east side. The carving probably dates from the 7th to 9th century. The stone was found in a nearby wood in 1940 and re-erected. It is 65cm high and is made of local Hangman grit. The Culbone Stone is located in a wood on Culbone Hill (grid reference SS 832 473). It is on private land but access via a permitted path is occasionally allowed.
The Culbone Stone may originally have been part of a prehistoric (probably Bronze Age) stone row, which was discovered nearby in 1975. The stone row now consists of 21 stones but there may once have been more of them. One of the stones in the row also has a cross inscribed on it.
Culbone Stone
My thanks to Alison for letting me use her photo.
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