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The Aiggin Stone is a 600-year-old 7ft-long stone pillar, in Lancashire, close to the Yorkshire border, between Sowerby Bridge and Littleborough. It is located above the Ryburn reservoir, on Blackstone Edge Moor. It may have been a way-marker and is situated near the cobbled pre-packhorse route over Blackstone Edge. The name is said to have derived from the French aiguille, a needle, or aigle, an eagle. It was first 'discovered' lying prone alongside a pile of stones, with a large cross and the letters I and T incised into it. It is within the council area of Rochdale.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1005819.
Place Type: Mediæval Monument
Historic County: Lancashire
Division of County: NULL
Lat, Long: 53.650181,-2.04193
Grid Reference: SD 9732 1707
Council Area: Rochdale CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater Manchester SA
Police Area: Greater Manchester PA
GBPN ID: 299526
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Aiggin_Stone,_Lancashire_299526
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1005819.
Place Type: Mediæval Monument
Historic County: Lancashire
Division of County: NULL
Lat, Long: 53.650181,-2.04193
Grid Reference: SD 9732 1707
Council Area: Rochdale CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater Manchester SA
Police Area: Greater Manchester PA
GBPN ID: 299526
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Aiggin_Stone,_Lancashire_299526
Peruse Lancashire on Wikishire