MenuRobin Hood's Picking Rods, Derbyshire
Robin Hood's Picking Rods is a wayside and a boundary marker located in the north-western gritstone moorlands of the Peak District, Derbyshire. The monument includes two cross shafts set into a single socketed socle (base), together with components of the cross heads which now lie embedded in the ground round the foot of the socle. The socle comprises a massive, rough-hewn gritstone block. The columns were possibly once part of a Mercian cross. It is thought that originally there was only one column here, however, that was broken in two and then set as they look today. According to local tradition Robin Hood bent his bow between the Rods. It is within the council area of High Peak (Derbyshire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008595.
Place Type: Wayside Cross
Historic County: Derbyshire
Lat, Long: 53.415104,-1.9913552
Grid Reference: SK 0067 9092
Civil Parish: New Mills CP
Council Area: High Peak CA (Derbyshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: East Midlands SA
Police Area: Derbyshire PA
GBPN ID: 231605
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Robin_Hood's_Picking_Rods,_Derbyshire_231605
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008595.
Place Type: Wayside Cross
Historic County: Derbyshire
Lat, Long: 53.415104,-1.9913552
Grid Reference: SK 0067 9092
Civil Parish: New Mills CP
Council Area: High Peak CA (Derbyshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: East Midlands SA
Police Area: Derbyshire PA
GBPN ID: 231605
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Robin_Hood's_Picking_Rods,_Derbyshire_231605
Peruse Derbyshire on Wikishire