Boundary Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Boundary stone.

Boundary Stone

WRENN ID
solemn-loggia-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Type
Boundary stone
Address
Boundary Stone, Moor Head Lane, Stainforth, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SD 824 692
Coordinates
54.1188, -2.27061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a parish boundary stone located on Moor Head Lane in Stainforth, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of slate and stands about 1 metre high. The upper surface is angled from the top right to the bottom left and is inscribed with the word "STAINFORTH." There is a similar boundary stone nearby in the Horton in Ribblesdale parish.

Local climate

Boundary Stone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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