Rudston...

The tallest standing stone in the UK, at 25 feet, can be found in the village of Rudston, near Bridlington (and an excavation conducted by antiquarian, William Stukeley, in the late 18th century suggested that there might be as much of the stone underground as there is standing). The monolith is believed to date from the late Neolithic period (4400-2500BCE ) or early Bronze Age. It is hewn out of Moorstone grit, possibly from the Cleveland Hills at Grosmont, and it’s anybody’s guess how this immense stone was transported over 40 miles to Rudston.

A church may have been built here in Saxon times, though all traces have now vanished. No church building was recorded in Rudston in the Domesday survey of 1086. The present church, All Saints, dates from the 14th century, and my pic dates from last Saturday…