Sunday 18 March 2012: Clearing the Buck Stone

The Buck Stone

Only fifteen years ago the large rock known as “the Buck Stone”, and from which the Buckstone estate gains its name, was a well-known landmark, and the subject of many nostalgic and happy memories.  In recent years it has become obscured by trees to the point that sometimes your correspondent could not find it.  Mind you, your correspondent failed his geography ‘O’ level, so we cannot put too much emphasis on the Buck Stone’s obscurity.

Cutting to the chase, in response to several requests from local residents, the Friends spent a couple of hours clearing a large oak tree and abundant shrubbery from around the Buck Stone and have largely restored it to its former glory.  There is still a couple of hours work left, but it is now once more a wonderful place to go and while away the hours on a warm Summer evening, and a spring board for happy dreams of climbing the Himalayas!

The Buck Stone taken from the East (I think)

In the foreground  of the lower picture David can be seen cleaning an engraving which seems to be dated 1801!

Noted historian Steve Burt tells me that the Buck Stone is shown as a landmark (and named as the Buck Stone) on a map dating from about 1770 prepared for the Land

The Buck Stone from the West (I think!)

Fox family when they were in dispute with John Dixon of Gledhow Hall who claimed this land as being in the manor of Chapel Allerton.

Happy Friends, celebrating a successful and happy day’s work.