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Bull Stone. Carlton Moor. 1977
Title
Bull Stone
Date
December 1977
Location
Carlton Moor
Photo ID
A089
Comment
Six foot high and standing between Carlton and Otley Chevin.
There are various theories about this monolith, could it be a Roman milestone as it stands in near proximity to the Roman Road?
Philomen Slater gives this explanation from folklore "Fastening bulls to it when they were baited by dogs, a custom still known to Carlton farmers".
A more prosaic thought is that the word bull derives from an obsolete Yorkshire word "bull-steann" , meaning a stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives and tools.
It is also thought that the bull stone didn't stand in isolation and could have been part of a line of stones.
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