Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone
Butter Stone

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A grooved, roughly-pyramidal boulder. The boulder was used during the 1663–1665 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 two groups ever meeting. There is a hollow at the top of the stone where a cup would sit for people to leave the money for produce bought.
Title

Butter Stone

Date

17th C

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 75 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

DL12_FJ_S102

Work type

Sign or marker

Owner

Cotherstone Parish Council

Custodian

Cotherstone Parish Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

17/06/86

Access

at all times

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Located at

Moor Road, Cotherstone

DL12 9PN

Located on open ground to the right of the road, a few hundred metres after leaving Cotherstone.