Standing Stone

Given a clearly ancient and historic past it is perhaps not surprising that, close to the village church of All Saints there is a more visible and enduring legacy of past times in the shape of the Rudston Monolith.

Standing at approximately 25’ above ground it is Britain’s tallest standing stone. It’s weight is estimated at 40 tons and its circumpherence is a whopping 5 metres. In the late 18th century tests revealed that there is as much again of the stone buried in the ground.