The northern flank of the hill lies on the southern side of the Hollybush pass, from where its summit is a brisk 15–20 minutes steep walk from the nearby Hollybush car park.
According to legend, the hill's shadow casts misfortune upon whomever it falls.[1]
The Shadow of the Ragged Stone Hill is a 19th-century novel by Charles F. Grindrod concerning a monk of Little Malvern Priory. He has been made a monk against his will, and his main object in life is to avenge his father's murder of his mother, a deed incited by false accusations made against his mother by a "wicked knight". The monk disguises himself in borrowed armour, attends a tournament and there kills the knight. Later, he breaks his vow of chastity by marrying a woman who he has rescued from the advances of a "lascivious knight", and is then falsely accused of killing her father in a duel. He is condemned to crawl to the summit of Ragged Stone Hill once a day as punishment. When the monk can no longer bear the punishment he curses the hill and anyone on whom the shadow of the hill should fall.[2][3][4]
'Raggedstone Hill' is the name of a song by the band Dodgy, written and recorded in the Malverns during 2011.[6]
Referencesedit
^Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 325. ISBN9780340165973.
^Waite, Vincent (1968). Malvern Country. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 92.
^Grindrod, Charles F (1909). The Shadow of the Raggedstone. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
^"The Shadow of the Ragged Stone". Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^George Herbert Clarke, ed. (2005). A Treasury of War Poetry: British And American Poems of the World War 1914 to 1919. Kessinger Publishing. p. 97. ISBN9781417931071. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
^"Dodgy to release first new album in 11 years". NME. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
External linksedit
Raggedstone Hill Walk
Raggedstone Hill gallery
January 01, 1970
raggedstone, hill, situated, range, malvern, hills, that, runs, approximately, kilometres, north, south, along, herefordshire, worcestershire, border, lies, close, borders, herefordshire, worcestershire, gloucestershire, elevation, metres, highest, pointelevat. Raggedstone Hill is situated on the range of Malvern Hills that runs approximately 13 kilometres 8 mi north south along the Herefordshire Worcestershire border Raggedstone Hill lies close to the borders of Herefordshire Worcestershire and Gloucestershire It has an elevation of 254 metres 833 ft Raggedstone HillRaggedstone HillHighest pointElevation254 m 833 ft Coordinates52 01 31 N 2 21 07 W 52 0253 N 2 3520 W 52 0253 2 3520GeographyLocationMalvern Hills EnglandOS gridSO759364Topo mapOS Landranger 190GeologyAge of rockPre CambrianMountain typeIgneous MetamorphicClimbingEasiest routeHiking The northern flank of the hill lies on the southern side of the Hollybush pass from where its summit is a brisk 15 20 minutes steep walk from the nearby Hollybush car park According to legend the hill s shadow casts misfortune upon whomever it falls 1 Contents 1 Raggedstone Hill in cultural life 1 1 Literature 1 2 Music 2 References 3 External linksRaggedstone Hill in cultural life editLiterature edit The Shadow of the Ragged Stone Hill is a 19th century novel by Charles F Grindrod concerning a monk of Little Malvern Priory He has been made a monk against his will and his main object in life is to avenge his father s murder of his mother a deed incited by false accusations made against his mother by a wicked knight The monk disguises himself in borrowed armour attends a tournament and there kills the knight Later he breaks his vow of chastity by marrying a woman who he has rescued from the advances of a lascivious knight and is then falsely accused of killing her father in a duel He is condemned to crawl to the summit of Ragged Stone Hill once a day as punishment When the monk can no longer bear the punishment he curses the hill and anyone on whom the shadow of the hill should fall 2 3 4 The Ragged Stone is a poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson a founder of the Dymock Poets 5 Music edit Raggedstone Hill is the name of a song by the band Dodgy written and recorded in the Malverns during 2011 6 References edit Ash Russell 1973 Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain Reader s Digest Association Limited p 325 ISBN 9780340165973 Waite Vincent 1968 Malvern Country London J M Dent amp Sons Ltd p 92 Grindrod Charles F 1909 The Shadow of the Raggedstone London J M Dent amp Sons Ltd The Shadow of the Ragged Stone Retrieved 27 April 2013 George Herbert Clarke ed 2005 A Treasury of War Poetry British And American Poems of the World War 1914 to 1919 Kessinger Publishing p 97 ISBN 9781417931071 Retrieved 17 June 2012 Dodgy to release first new album in 11 years NME Retrieved 7 June 2012 External links editRaggedstone Hill Walk Raggedstone Hill gallery Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Raggedstone Hill amp oldid 1082184947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
