Staddle stones

A granary sitting on staddle stones at the Somerset Rural Life Museum

Staddle stones, or steddle stones,[a] were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks, game larders, etc. The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground, thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage. In Middle English staddle, or stadle, is stathel, from Old English stathol, a foundation, support or trunk of a tree. They can be mainly found in Great Britain, Norway ("stabbur"), Galicia and Asturias (Northern Spain).

  1. ^ Parish, William Douglas (1875). A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex. Lewes: Farncombe & Co. p. 113.
  2. ^ "Steddle". Springfield, MA: Merriam Webster. Retrieved 2017-08-03.


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