Stone Directory
80 stones recorded so far.
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Appin Murder Cairn & James of the Glens Memorial
Ballachulish, Highland
Legible 1684Auchencloy Martyrs' Monument
Mossdale, Dumfries and Galloway
Legible 1817Bessie Sheppard's Stone
Papplewick, Nottinghamshire
Weathered / partly legible 1832Bill o' Jack's Grave Slab
Uppermill (Saddleworth), Greater Manchester (historically West Riding of Yorkshire)
Weathered / partly legible 1885 (murder) / 1938 (memorial stones laid)Bishop Hannington Memorial Stones
Hove, East Sussex
Legible 1333The Bloody Stone (Hawk Stone)
Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Unknown 1618The Bohelland Tragedy Site (unconfirmed marker)
Penryn, Cornwall
Unknown UnknownBoundary Stone, Rockingham Forest (unconfirmed)
King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire
Legible 1683The Brass Children Tomb
Kirk Merrington, Spennymoor, County Durham
Legible 1691The Cantlin Stone & Botfield Cross
Newcastle on Clun, Shropshire
Legible 1698The Cawston Duel Stone
Cawston, Norfolk
Legible 1844Charlotte Dymond Memorial
Davidstow, Cornwall
Legible 1839Christina Collins's Grave
Rugeley, Staffordshire
Legible Traditionally c.1750s ("about 250 years ago" as of a 2009 account); stone likely much olderClach Chathail
Melgarve, Laggan, Highland
Fragment only 1782Clibborn's Post
Tewin / Bramfield, Hertfordshire
Legible C10th (stone); traditionally linked to a murder in 906Copplestone Cross
Copplestone, Devon
Weathered / partly legible 1848 (Historic England listing) / 1849 (per detailed local-history account - see context)Davidson's Monument
Bewcastle, Kershope Forest, Cumbria
Legible unknownDevil's Ring and Finger (Murder Field Stile)
Norton in Hales, Staffordshire/Shropshire border
Legible 1136Dialgarreg (The Revenge Stone)
Patrishow, Powys
Unknown 1986Diane Sindall Memorial
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Legible 1784The Ditton Murder Stone (Ned Stone)
Hough Green, Widnes, Cheshire
Legible 1826The Duel Cairn (Landale-Morgan Duel)
Cardenden, Fife
Legible 1687Eliza Dutton's Tomb (Neale Family Tomb)
Cheam, Sutton, Greater London
Legible 1773Elizabeth Conibeer Tombstone
Monksilver, Somerset
Legible 1761Ellen Strange Memorial
Ramsbottom (Holcombe Moor), Lancashire (Greater Manchester)
Legible 1856Enoch Stone Memorial
Spondon, Derbyshire
Legible 1867Fanny Adams Headstone
Alton, Hampshire
Legible 1806George Parker Ledger Slab (Oddingley Murders)
Oddingley, Worcestershire
Weathered / partly legible Traditionally linked to the reign of James IV (1488-1513); the stone is a glacial erraticGow's Stone
Migvie, Aberdeenshire
Legible 1905H.A.W. Aylesbury Accident Stone (not a murder stone)
Unknown (Devon), Devon
Weathered / partly legible 1751The Jackson Pillar (Carter-Jackson Monument)
South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Washington County
Legible 1878John "Jack" Renton Birthplace, 6 Melvin Place
Stromness, Orkney
Legible 1743John Breads's Gibbet Cage
Rye, East Sussex
Fragment only 1697John Pryor Ledger Stone, Burford
Burford, Oxfordshire
Legible 1799Lieut. Colonel Shadwell Memorial
Wrotham, Kent
Legible 1880Lieutenant Hector Maclane Drinking Fountain
Thornbury, South Gloucestershire
Legible 1555Llidiart y Barwn (Baron's Gate) - unconfirmed marker
Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd
Unknown 1909Llwyd ap Iwan Memorial Stone (Arroyo Pescado / Nant-y-Pysgod)
Esquel, Chubut, Chubut
Legible 1640Louis de Rochefort's Skeleton
Brading, Isle of Wight
Unknown 1623 (documented); the standing stone itself is olderMacfie Standing Stone (Carrach Mhic-a-Phì)
Garvard, Colonsay, Argyll and Bute
Legible 1679Magus Muir Memorials (Archbishop Sharp Memorial & Five Covenanters Memorial)
St Andrews, Fife
Legible 1822Margaret Williams Murder Stone
Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Neath Port Talbot
Legible 1870Marshall Family Memorial (Denham Massacre)
Denham, Buckinghamshire
Weathered / partly legible 1817Mary Ashford's Grave
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (historically Warwickshire)
Weathered / partly legible 1782Mary Bax's Stone
Sandwich, Kent
Weathered / partly legible 1829Mary Kavanagh Memorial
Penrice, Swansea (Gower)
Fragment only 1805Mary Morgan Stone
Presteigne, Powys
Legible 1909Monument to PC William Tyler
Stoke Newington, London, Greater London
Legible 1812Monument to Spencer Perceval
Perlethorpe, Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire
Legible c.1758Moore Memorial
Gilling West, North Yorkshire
Weathered / partly legible 1610Murder Cleugh
Barrowburn, Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland
Legible 1782The Murder Stone (James Stares)
Hambledon, Hampshire
Fragment only 1823The Murder Stone (William Wood)
Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire
Legible c.1551 (traditional; likely 19th century)The Murder Stone, Ardwell
Ardwell, Dumfries and Galloway
Legible Early Bronze Age (prehistoric); no murder associated in the official recordThe Murder Stone, Kettleshulme
Kettleshulme, Cheshire East
Legible 1720Muschat's Cairn
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Legible 1832Nebo Chapel Murder Stone (Eleanor Williams)
Felindre, Morriston, Swansea
Legible 1826Nichol's Stone (Do No Murder)
Akebar, North Yorkshire
Lost — known only from records 1800The Packman's Brae Stone
Polwarth, Scottish Borders
Unknown 1885PC James Davies Memorial Stone
Weatheroak (Alvechurch), Worcestershire
Legible 1850PC Robert Bambrough Memorial
Billericay / Hutton, Essex
Legible 1820The Pedlar's Stone
Nether Cassock, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway
Legible 1839The Robbers' Stone
Gore Cross / Chitterne Down (near West Lavington), Wiltshire
Legible 1786The Sailor's Stone
Thursley, Surrey
Legible 1763Sarah Smith's Grave Slab
Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Legible 1838Scotsman's Stump
Belmont, Lancashire
Legible 1732 (Old Style) / 1733 (New Style) - see contextThomas Gardiner's Gravestone
Nettleham, Lincolnshire
Legible 1835Thomas Robinson Memorial
Low Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Legible 1800Thomas Webb Murder Stone
Botley, Hampshire
Legible 1828Timothy Connell's Headstone (Mary Russell Murders)
Passage West, Cork
Legible 1389 (traditional; the stone itself is prehistoric)Tingwall Stone (Murder Stone)
Tingwall / Scalloway, Shetland Islands
Legible 1871Tomb of Jane Maria Clouson
Brockley, London, Greater London
Legible 1871 (murder) / late C19 (cross erected)Wayside Cross to Bishop Patteson
Ottery St Mary, Devon
Legible 1663Well of the Seven Heads Monument (Tobar nan Ceann)
Invergarry, Highland
Legible 1769William Deighton Murder Stone
Brearley (near Mytholmroyd), West Yorkshire
Legible 1855William Fenton Memorial
Penistone, South Yorkshire
Legible 1784William Green and William Webb Gravestones
Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
Legible 1808William White Headstone
Hoo St Werburgh, Kent
Fragment only 1847Wraith Family Memorial (Mirfield Murders)
Mirfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
Legible 1655 (stone dated); murder undocumentedThe Written Stone
Knowle Green, Longridge, Lancashire
Legible