Thousands of people walk through the city centre every day without realising they're stepping over one of the oldest items in Liverpool's history.
Nestled among the stone pavement of Castle Street, you'd easily miss the round black stone with four lines cut into it, even if you were searching for it. Originally a few feet tall, it was one of four 'Sanctuary Stones' marking the boundary of Liverpool's medieval market, centred on the junction of Castle Street, Dale Street and High Street.
Within the perimeter, local myth goes, thieves and debtors were free from arrest. The truth may have been a little different, with crimes dealt with on the spot by officers appointed by the Crown to police the fair, rather than by the time-consuming issuing of arrests and summons.
