Archaeology Notes

Event ID 668943

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ71NW 28 7058 1908

Ark Stone [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.

See also NJ71NW 4.

A squarish boulder 4ft (1.22m) by 4ft (1.22m) by 1ft 9ins (0.53m) to 3ft (0.91m) high, built into a plantation boundary dyke. Known locally as the 'Ark Stone', it has the appearance of being the recumbent stone removed from the stone circle NJ71NW 4.

J Ritchie 1917.

A naturally placed boulder.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS 24 July 1973 and 19 August 1976.

The Ark Stone appears to be a large natural granite boulder, which has been incorporated in the junction of two field dykes.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 25 July 1996.