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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described May Stack like this:
MAY-STACK, a quondam natural arch on the coast of Durham; on a reef of low rocks, near the mouth of the Dene, 3 miles ENE of Castle-Eden. The top of it fell in a few years ago; and only two solitary pillars now remain.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to May Stack by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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