>>1617573In memory of Mr James Mitchell, late proprietor and occupier of Oldfield House, who died on the 27th day of January, 1885, aged 72 years." A rough, unpolished stone, weighing about a ton, rests on the grave.
It was formerly half-embedded fifty yards above its present
resting place. Mr Mitchell, shortly before his death, had this
stone rolled down the hill. When it stopped rolling he said
to his servants, "There I will be buried." The tomb is
surrounded by a wall. Thousands assembled to see the
funeral.
