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Hi all, Asked the only stone carving chap I know, Bob Trubshaw! He says: Hi Helen My first thought for the Q-shaped one was this was the base of a cheese press. Close parallels to various blocks of Swithland/Charnwood slate found in Leics with clearer indications of use as cheese presses. The roughly 'hemispherical' recess with slot is new to me. It is so perfectly circular that I suspect it might have been part of a water- or mule-powered 'gin'. Perhaps used to break up lime or marl??? If so, this is a prior use before the ??cheese press incisions in the side. Disinfecting coins with vinegar is mentioned regularly in folklore about the plague. Any handy depression would do. Best wishes Bob Helen Wells Historic Environment Record Officer Leicestershire County Council Planning, Historic & Natural Environment, Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leics, LE3 8RA Telephone: 0116 3058323 / E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert White Sent: 04 December 2015 14:45 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: A Friday afternoon question The carved stones shown below are reused as quoins on a ?early C19th outshot to a combination barn in the Lune valley near Sedbergh. According to the planning officer who sent the images to me "The owner told of a family story that they had been stones standing elsewhere and used for the washing of money given in exchange for farm produce during times of plague" Any more plausible explanations or parallels? [cid:image001.jpg@01D12EAD.7605DA50] [cid:image002.jpg@01D12EAD.7605DA50] [cid:image003.jpg@01D12EAD.7605DA50] Robert White Senior Historic Environment Officer Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 3EL Tel: 0300 456 0030 Direct Line: 01969 652360 Fax: 01756 751699 eMail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.yorkshiredales.org.uk<http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk> www.outofoblivion.org.uk<http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk> R [YDNPA 60th Anniversary logo] Warning<br><br>This email and any attachments may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. They are intended solely for the named recipient(s), and must not be used by, or copied or disclosed to, any other persons. If you are not an intended recipient please accept our apologies, contact us to let us know the email has gone astray, and then delete it. Unauthorised copying, distribution or disclosure is prohibited and may be unlawful. Unless otherwise indicated, copyright in the email and all attachments belong to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defects that might affect any computer or IT system into which they are received, no responsibility is accepted by the sender for any loss or damage arising out of any malicious software, virus or other defect.<br><br>Scanned by iCritical.<br><br><br> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, printing, storage, disclosure, copying or any other action taken in respect of this e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete what you have received. Incoming and outgoing e-mail messages are routinely monitored for compliance with Leicestershire County Council's policy on the use of electronic communications. The contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed to a request under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The views expressed by the author may not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Leicestershire County Council. Attachments to e-mail messages may contain viruses that may damage your system. Whilst Leicestershire County Council has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept any liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of these factors. You are advised to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment.