Robin Hoods grave - November 2010

[Lauren444]

Great pics Nij, I might just be being thick, but what is the 12th pic :embarrassed:?
Well done again.
x

 

[klempner69]

Surely you have to have actually existed to leave a body for burial?

Glad you wrote this cos I actually thought the same thing!!

and the 12th pic is a spent shotgun cartridge

 

[KooK.]

Great pics Nij, I might just be being thick, but what is the 12th pic :embarrassed:?
Well done again.
x

shotgun cartridge

 

[devonian42]

Being thick here (long day at work), what does VF mean?

The clue is in my previous entry - VF = Victorian Folly.

Just to add to my previous argument though, why go to all the trouble to:

1. Spend money on creating the folly in the middle of a wood where it must have been difficult to get the materials into place.
2. Get the OS guys to enter a mark for Robin Hood's grave on the map, which still survive to this day.
3. Get a stone carved with a verse on it (albeit in not so ancient English).

My hypothesis is this:

The Victorians discovered the grave, marked by a simple carved stone and decided to do the Christian thing and move any remains to consecrated ground (i.e. the nearest churchyard), but not to draw any attention to it, bury these remains in an unmarked grave (to stop the chavs of the day from robbing it). In turn, the actual grave was marked using elaborate stonework befitting of someone considered to have been a subject of folklore which survives to this present day. It would also be interesting to see the tithe map of this area to see if the place was included from day one.

For those who love research work, the challenge now is to either refute this or provide evidence which supports it (with citations please).

Oh, and does anyone know where I can get a "Robin Hood" fridge magnet?

 

[nij4829]

Great pics Nij, I might just be being thick, but what is the 12th pic :embarrassed:?
Well done again.
x

Thanks. Even though it has been answered, it was a spent/used shot gun cartridge. This place is in the middle of a live game 'farm' - we passed 3 (out of at least 7) shooting areas (denoted by signs) - although we didnt see any game keepers, we didnt wanna risk it (and the grouse was rife).


Ahhhh, I get you now Devonian42 - I have searched back as far as I can find, and the earliest map I can find is circa 1830 and it is on there. If anyone has any idea where to find older maps, I would be interested to research this further.

 

[spacepunk]

Great stuff man.

 

[ShellyDuckDuck]

Wot a gr8 find,pics r tops!!

 

[nij4829]

Cheers guys. Glad to have got it off my list