page_title: Datestone
hierarchical_section_title: Datestone
caption_attribution_description: English: Datestone. on Knypersley First School
context_page_description: 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 have been reported, or may in some cases be the date of a renovation or alteration.
  Specific locations have often been chosen for datestones, viz.
  corbel
  gable stone
  Gatepost: a large upright piece of granite, usually set at the entrance to a driveway or a field.
  keystone
  lintel
context_section_description: 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.
  Specific locations have often been chosen for datestones, viz.
  corbel
  gable stone
  Gatepost: a large upright piece of (usually) granite, usually set at the entrance to a driveway or a field.
  keystone
  lintel
caption: A datestone on Knypersley First School
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