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The Poind & His Man


"The monument includes a standing stone and an adjacent round cairn of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date situated in a prominent position on the top of a small knoll.....The cairn and two standing stones were first mentioned in 1552 when the Order of the Marches directed that `the watch be kept at the two stones the Poind and His Man, with two men nightly, of the inhabitors of Bollame'...." (Historic England) A Scheduled Monument.

Belsay Civil Parish Historic Buildings and Monuments in Belsay Civil Parish Scheduled Monument
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East side of Standing Stone at The Poind & His Man
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Standing Stone and Tumulus between Shaftoe Crags and Bolam Lake
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The Poind & His Man
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Standing stone and adjacent round cairn, 760m north east of East Shaftoe Hall - List Entry
- "....The standing stone and round cairn near east Shaftoe Hall survive very well and will contribute greatly to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices.... The monument includes a …
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List number: 1015530
County: Northumberland
Grid ref: NZ0658382119

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