Andle Stone

The Andle Stone is a large gritstone boulder on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire. The stone block is 6m long, 4m high and lies within a low, circular, dry stone wall enclosure. It is covered in cup and ring marks. It is also known as the Oundle Stone, the Anvil Stone or the Twopenny Loaf.^[1][2]

Andle Stone
Andle Stone - a huge natural boulder
Location	Derbyshire
Coordinates	53.163550°N 1.642045°W / 53.163550; -1.642045
OS grid reference	SK241630
Architectural style(s)	British pre-Roman Architecture
Location of Andle Stone in Derbyshire

There is a memorial inscription on the west-facing concave face of the boulder, commemorating the Duke of Wellington, Lieutenant Colonel William Thornhill (2nd son of Bache Thornhill of Stanton Hall^[3]) and the battles of Assaye and Waterloo. The inscription reads:^[4]

FIELD-MARSHALL DUKE OF WELLINGTON DIED 14 SEPT 1852 AGED 82 YEARS		LIEUT-COLONEL WILLIAM THORNHILL 7 HUSSARS DIED 9 DEC 1851 AGED 71 YEARS
ASSYE 1803 WATERLOO 1815

Memorial inscription

The Andle Stone and the nearby Doll Tor stone circle are both on private farmland with no public access rights.^[5]