Butter Stone is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Historical site.

Butter Stone

WRENN ID: hallowed-sentry-summer
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: County Durham
Country: England
Date first listed: 17 June 1986
Type: Historical site
Source: Historic England listing

Description

COTHERSTONE MOOR ROAD NY 91 NE 999184 (West side,off) 15/62 Butter Stone II

Grooved, roughly-pyramidal boulder about 0.75 metre high. This boulder was used during the 1663-5 plague as an exchange point where the inhabitants of Barnard Castle could leave money for produce left by the farmers of the region without the 2 groups ever meeting. The stone is listed for historical interest.

(Allan Ramsden, Cotherstone and its Neighbourhood, 1911).

Listing NGR: NY9997318384

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