Swastika Stone

Swastika Stone

The Swastika Stone is a stone adorned with a Swastika located on the Woodhouse Crag, on the Northern edge of Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire.

ee also

*Fylfot
*Germanic pre-Christian use of the swastika
*Western use of the Swastika in the early 20th century

External links

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mjpowell/Photo_Archive/England/England_3.htm The Swastika Stone]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mjpowell/Photo_Archive/England/swastika-stone.jpgImage of the swastika stone] — a 20th century replica is in the foreground of the picture; the original carving can be seen a little further away, at the centre-left of the picture.


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