Archaeology Notes

Event ID 665944

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ25SW 1 2431 5475.

(NJ 2431 5476) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6"map, (1959)

A rough stone about 5' high and 3' broad which could be the remains of a stone circle according to local opinion.

Coles searched for this stone but could not find it. He assumed that it had been removed when the neighbouring wood was cut down.

Name Book 1871; F R Coles 1907.

A standing stone at NJ 2431 5475 measuring 1.4m in height, 0.6m broad at the top, 1.1m broad at the base and 0.4m thick. No trace of a stone circle.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R L) 14 April 1971.