The Caratacus Stone is a four-foot pillar of weathered slate standing on open moorland on Winsford Hill, sheltered now under a small Victorian canopy of stone slabs. The inscription is faint and difficult to read, but the connection to one of the most famous figures of early British history makes the stone a small but evocative monument.
The stone is reached by a short walk from the road across Winsford Hill. The setting — bare moorland with views across the Barle valley — is part of the appeal. Local farmers once feared the stone enough that, when it was knocked over by a horse and cart in 1900, the wheelwright responsible was said to have died shortly afterwards.