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[[Image:Datestone.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A datestone]]<br />
[[File:Datestone - geograph.org.uk - 220616.jpg|thumb|A datestone on Knypersley First School]]<br />
A '''datestone''' is typically an embedded stone with the date of engraving and other information carved into it. They are not considered a very reliable source for dating a house, as instances of old houses being destroyed and rebuilt (with the old date stones intact) have been reported, or may in some cases be the date of a renovation or alteration.<ref name="tlhs1">{{cite book |last= Lindop|first=Roy |date=1975 |title=Stories of Turton Date Stones |publisher=[[Turton Local History Society]] |page=2 |isbn=978-1-904974-01-7 }}</ref><br />
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Specific locations have often been chosen for datestones, viz.<br />
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*[[corbel]]<br />
*[[gable stone]]<br />
*[[Gatepost]]: a large upright piece of (usually) granite, usually set at the entrance to a driveway or a field.<br />
*[[keystone (architecture)|keystone]]<br />
*[[lintel (architecture)|lintel]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Marriage stone]]<br />
*[[Cornerstone]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_azzsK5dsV0 Scotland's Marriage and Date Stones]<br />
*[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/alexgle/stonejsy.html The Societe-jersiaise]<br />
*[http://vunex.blogspot.com/2007/07/to-date.html An essay on datestones (mostly in London)]<br />
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[[Category:Archaeological artefact types]]<br />
[[Category:Dating methodologies in archaeology]]</div>imported>Johnsoniensis