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<< Text Pages >> Great Merestone - Marker Stone in England in Cheshire

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Multi-periodSite Name: Great Merestone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.824 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cheshire Type: Marker Stone

Map Ref: SJ86137677
Latitude: 53.287713N  Longitude: 2.209515W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5
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Marker Stone in Cheshire

Medieval boundary marker, which includes a large half buried sandstone boulder, about 1.3 metres in diameter, and 0.40 metres in height. Damaged carved cross visible on the top surface.

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SJ8676 : Newly built barn off Bradford Lane by Graham Hogg
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SJ8676 : Secure on Finlow Hill by Chris Morgan
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SJ8676 : Old Boundary Marker by the B5087,  Macclesfield Road, Finlow Hill Wood by Milestone Society
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