As you leave the A540 at Willaston, just before Burton turning up Damhead Lane there is a small stone at the edge of the curb.
Many locals don’t seem to even know its there, they just drive past it.
Well We can tell you this about it, and one day, we will get a photograph of it.
“The ancient stone, now stands at the point where the Willaston - Burton road, cuts the main highway….. This relic is often mistaken for a mounting block because of its position and its three tiers or steps, is a survival of the days when such stones were the meeting place of a village Moot or Parliment. They were generally placed under a tree or by a river, and at it the head of the village offered an annual sacrifice. Later the stone became the assembly place of the men not only of the village but of the Hundred. Such stones preceded the village crosses of later days.”
The Beauty and Interest of Wirral - Charles William Budden p16 printed 1921.
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