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4 unusual facts about Mounting block


Mounting block

An example of a plague stone used by lepers survives at Greystoke village church in Cumbria.

At Walton-on-the-Hill in Lancashire the old church font was set up as a mounting stone outside the nearby public house.

At Chollerton in Northumberland a fine example stands by the churchyard gate.

Shewalton House and estate

A glacial erratic boulder in the old mill yard survives in situ and is recorded on OS maps, used it seems as a loupin on stane.



see also

High Standard Model 10

The "Kel-Lite" branded flashlight can be removed, as it is attached to the aforementioned mounting block.