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 No-one seems to know the story behind the mysterious Dog Stone on Kinder. The large flat stone, which stands on its edge, is inscribed with symbols and the outline of a dog. Neville T. Sharpe gives a translation of the coded text as: “She may be small but is of a fine green stone.” But nobody knows what that means either!
Only walkers come across the moving inscription on the Hanging Stone, a short distance from Lud's Church near Wincle. It marks the grave of Burke, a close companion to the Brocklehurst family of Swythamley Hall. Burke died in 1874 and his epitaph reads:
“A noble mastiff, black and tan,
Faithfull as woman, braver than man.
A gun and a ramble his heart’s desire
With the friend of his life the Swythamley Squire.”
There is another memorial to a loyal canine companion outside Cross Lane Farm at Monyash.
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