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Butter Stone, Cotherstone Moor Road, Cotherstone (Cotherstone)

Butter Stone  © DCC 2003
Butter Stone © DCC 2003

Butter Stone  © DCC 2003
Butter Stone © DCC 2003

Butter Stone  © DCC 2003
Butter Stone © DCC 2003

Butter Stone  © DCC 2003
Butter Stone © DCC 2003
This natural stone may have been used in the medieval period during times of illness or plague. Food would have been left here for the village, so those bringing the food did not come into contact with the ill villages. (8)
D36160
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Listed Building
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1121050


Source of Reference
Local History of Cotherstone

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