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<< Our Photo Pages >> Anwick Drake Stones - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Lincolnshire

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 06 December 2003  Page Views: 11335

Natural PlacesSite Name: Anwick Drake Stones
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 7.053 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lincolnshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Sleaford  Nearest Village: Anwick
Map Ref: TF114506  Landranger Map Number: 121
Latitude: 53.041078N  Longitude: 0.339906W
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.
3 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.
5 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
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Anwick Drake Stones submitted by Andy B : The Drake Stones Two lumps of Spilsby sandstone by the gate to St.Edith’s church known as “The Drake Stones” … actually a glacial erratic, but with a considerably more interesting Lincolnshire folk tale explanation. Long ago, a man ploughing a field north of the church saw his horses and plough mysteriously disappear into the ground and a dragon (drake) flew out. Next day when the v... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Glacial Erratics in Lincolnshire. Two lumps of Spilsby sandstone by the gate to St.Edith’s church known as “The Drake Stones” actually a glacial erratic, but with a considerably more interesting Lincolnshire folk tale explanation.

Long ago, a man ploughing a field north of the church saw his horses and plough mysteriously disappear into the ground and a dragon (drake) flew out. Next day when the villagers returned to the spot they found a stone shaped like a drakes head and thought there must be treasure beneath it. Unable to move it, the stone remained there for centuries until the 19th century when local intellectuals Dr.Oliver and Rev.Hazelwood used a traction engine to drag it to the church. It was during this relocation that the stone broke and became “The Drake Stones”.

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Anwick Drake Stones submitted by Antonine : 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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