Hurl Stone
Medieval? Standing Stone
Southwest of Newtown, Northumberland  OS Map Ref NU03952471
OS Maps - Landranger 75 (Berwick-upon-Tweed), Explorer 340 (Holy Island & Bamburgh)


The Hurl Stone
I had read somewhere that this may have been a re-erected prehistoric standing stone but all the documented evidence now seems to point to it being a medieval cross shaft, although this doesn't preclude it having prehistoric origins.

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