The Drummer Boy's Stone
📍 RichmondNorth Yorkshire
Stone marking where Richmond's legendary drummer boy was last heard, on a walk to Easby Abbey
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Free to see the stone and walk the riverside path to Easby Abbey
About
Legend says a drummer boy was sent into a tunnel under Richmond Castle and told to keep drumming, but the sound stopped about half a mile from Easby Wood and he was never seen again. The Drummer Boy's Stone marks the spot beside the riverside path. A popular circular walk starts at the castle gates, passes the stone to reach the ruins of Easby Abbey and returns along the old railway line.
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- Open any time
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