You are hereThe Written Stone, Dilworth The Written Stone,
Dilworth A large inscribed stone measuring eight feet long, two
feet wide and one and a half feet deep was placed beside a old
road (now known as Written Stone Lane) in Dilworth during the
17th century. The reason why the stone was placed is unknown,
though several stories have grown up around it. The following
account was published in 'Lancashire Legends' (1873) by John
Harland & T T Wilkinson. 'The anonymous author of "The New
Clock" mentions, in his "Curious Comers round Preston," that,
having heard of a farm called "Written Stone," from an ancient
stone bearing an inscription which stands near it, and that the
place was reputed to be the haunt of boggarts, he determined to
visit it. It is in the township of Dilworth, and parish of
Ribchester, about two miles from the village of Longridge, and
seven miles N.E. of Preston. Turning down a narrow lane, or old
bridle-road, it soon plunged the searcher into a deep ravine,
with a rapid mountain rivulet c