BUTTER STONE

Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: II

List Entry Number: 1121050

Date first listed: 17-Jun-1986

Statutory Address: BUTTER STONE, MOOR ROAD

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Location

Statutory Address: BUTTER STONE, MOOR ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)

Parish: Cotherstone

National Grid Reference: NY 99973 18384

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History

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Details

COTHERSTONE MOOR ROAD NY 91 NE 999184 (West side,off) 15/62 Butter Stone II

Grooved, roughly-pyramidal boulder about 0.75 metre high. This boulder was used during the 1663-5 plague as an exchange point where the inhabitants of Barnard Castle could leave money for produce left by the farmers of the region without the 2 groups ever meeting. The stone is listed for historical interest.

(Allan Ramsden, Cotherstone and its Neighbourhood, 1911).

Listing NGR: NY9997318384

Legacy

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Legacy System number: 111225

Legacy System: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Ramsden, A, Cotherstone and its Neighbourhood, (1911)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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