Robin Hood's Grave, Crosby Ravensworth | ||
Robin Hood's Grave | ||
locality:- | Crosby Gill | |
locality:- | Crosby Ravensworth Fell | |
civil parish:- | Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | grave | |
coordinates:- | NY61731068 | |
1Km square:- | NY6110 | |
10Km square:- | NY61 | |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 12) placename:- Robin Hood's Grave |
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source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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story:- |
It is said, that when the local people came to gather hazel nuts here, they always
placed a stone on the cairn:- |
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"Robin Hood, Robin Hood, here lie thy bones, Load me with nuts as I load thee with stones." |
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Robertson, Dawn & Koronka, Peter: 1992: Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland: Pagan
Press (Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria) &Cumbria CC (library service) |
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