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Submitted by Anne T on Sunday, 05 October 2014  Page Views: 8909

Modern SitesSite Name: Kensal Green
Country: England County: Greater London Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: London
Map Ref: TQ233824
Latitude: 51.527060N  Longitude: 0.223998W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
3

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Jdavies visited on 1st Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I visited Kensal Green Cemetery and spotted Stone 1, with my girlfriend Alice. It has a triangular face, goes into the ground and is not marking a grave. The other two Stones are grave markers, but are interesting just the same, whether brought in or carved from stones in situ. There may be more, we spotted three other possible stones. At the centre of the Stones is an Anglican chapel with extensive catacombs beneath, sitting on an oval platform with ditch on three sides.

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Kensal Green
Kensal Green submitted by Jdavies : This is a different view of the first of three possible standing stones within Kensal Green Cemetery, located in the area around the Anglican Chapel at grid reference TQ 23189 82420. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There are a selection of modern(ish) grave markers posing as standing stones in Kensal Green cemetery, Greater London and one as-yet-unidentified megalith.

When Kensal Green Cemetery was created, the whole area was architecturally landscaped as a garden/park. See the photos and comment below for more details.

Note: An investigation into the standing stones of Kensal Green cemetery
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Kensal Green
Kensal Green submitted by rbatham : Adam Guy writes: An unknown Standing Stone in Kensal Green Cemetery? Whilst searching for the probable source of the, now underground, Counter's Creek in Kensal Green Cemetery I came upon what looks like an unknown Standing Stone amongst the scattered Masonic obelisks! Copyright Adam Guy and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Kensal Green
Kensal Green submitted by Anne T : An image of the third of the stones, sent through from the Kensal Green cemetery manager. She confirms this is a dedicated monument and has given the grave and plot number. The dedications can be seen in the photograph. She goes on to say she knows one of the other two stones is a dedicated monument, but the other needs further research and she'll send through further information when she g... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kensal Green
Kensal Green submitted by Jdavies : The third of three possible standing stones within Kensal Green Cemetery, located in the area around the Anglican Chapel at grid reference TQ 23170 82614. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kensal Green
Kensal Green submitted by Jdavies : The second of three possible standing stones within Kensal Green Cemetery, located in the area around the Anglican Chapel at grid reference TQ 23127 84205. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kensal Green
Kensal Green submitted by Jdavies : This is the first of three possible standing stones within Kensal Green Cemetery, located in the area around the Anglican Chapel at grid reference TQ 23189 82420.

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Kensal Green - some research results by Anne T on Friday, 03 October 2014
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When one of our guest members sent in images of three possible standing stones located in the middle of Kensal Green Cemetery, together with the observation that "one of the stones seemed to point to a raised area forming a circle at the middle of which is the Anglican chapel with a vast complex of crypts below", I was intrigued.

This appears to be a long-outstanding question which needed an answer.

An image of an unknown standing stone in Kensal Green Cemetery first appeared on the Geograph web site in May 2005:
Our guest member confirmed that this was the same stone as Stone 1 in the photographs he'd posted, just taken from a different angle.

Now this area of London must have a long history of occupation and different uses over the ages. Being located in Northumberland, I had to resist a very strong urge to hop on a train to West London and investigate in person. Fortunately these days, internet resources are superb, so I checked a number of available sources including the Archaeological Data Service; LAMAS; English Heritage Scheduled Ancient Monuments lists; images of boundary markers/posts (just in case); images of all monuments published on the Cemetery web site in case standing stones were mentioned or appeared, and read various histories and narratives on the creation of the Cemetery. Nothing.

What I did find out was that when Kensal Green Cemetery was created, the whole area was architecturally landscaped as a garden/park, which explains the architectural feature of the Anglican Chapel at the top of a mound as the focal point.

Our contributor very kindly provided grid reference points for each of the stones, using UK Grid Reference Finder, and agreed to an email being sent to both the Cemetery Manager and the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. The Cemetery Manager, Marie was very helpful in agreeing to locate the stones and get back to me.

Her reply, which arrived on Monday, 29th September, told me that she'd located stone three, and attached two images of this stone: "These images clearly show dedications to two people .... (stone number 3) sits ..... on grave number 41012 Square 153. As you can see there are plaques on it and therefore a dedicated memorial”.

Her email goes onto say that “I will let you know about the other 2 shortly. I know that one of them is a memorial and the other one needs further research”.

So, a mystery almost solved. Watch this space for an update on the third, and final, stone.
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