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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Picts Cross Stone (Sellack)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.273 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Herefordshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ross-on-Wye Nearest Village: Sellack
Map Ref: SO560266
Latitude: 51.936157N Longitude: 2.64141W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Herefordshire
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this standing stone - see their entry for Picts Cross Stone, Sellack, Herefordshire. TNA tell us that the monolith is in the hedgerow along the old boundary line near the Picts Cross crossroads, about a mile south of Sellack.
TNA quote from Alfred Watkins's 1928 description of this stone: “It was Pricker’s and Prick’s Cross in 18th century maps, and Pig’s Cross in the 1832 Ord. Map. Now ‘pig’ is the present Welsh word for “a peak, a point, a pike.”
Note: Does anyone know if this stone still stands on the old boundary line? Do you have a more precise grid reference and a photo to add?
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