The Vinegar Stone
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Vinegar Stone by Tony Bacon as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
The Vinegar Stone
Image: © Tony Bacon Taken: 24 May 2009
This strange object called the Vinegar Stone is located in the undergrowth immediately to the right when passing through the stile off the road leading to the Needles Eye folly. Apparently, during the plague, vinegar was put in the top and money for goods and any change was placed in the vinegar to act as a disinfectant and so prevent the spread of the disease.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.484333
Longitude
-1.40245