Old Hartley standing stone

Old Hartley standing stone

HER Number
19057
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Old Hartley standing stone
Place
Hartley
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Feature
Site Type: Specific
Stone
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
Standing stone marked as 'Stone' on the Ordnance Survey 1897 25 inch map. It is not shown on previous or subsequent editions. Images are available on the internet but no antiquarian references are known. The stone was reported by a member of the public to have disappeared in 2021, having been leaning about 20 degrees from vertical. The field contains medieval ridge and furrow (HER17594) indicating that the stone is post-medieval in date. Its purpose is unknown.
Easting
434092
Northing
575509
Grid Reference
NZ434092575509
Sources
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=35824
https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1790/old_hartley.html