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<< Text Pages >> Tyttenhanger Puddingstones - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Hertfordshire

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones
Country: England County: Hertfordshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: St Albans  Nearest Village: Tyttenhanger
Map Ref: TL189060
Latitude: 51.740101N  Longitude: 0.279386W
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
3
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Puddingstone marker in Hertfordshire, at the Barley Mow and elsewhere in Tyttenhanger. Sites No. 54 to 60 on the Puddingstone Trail.
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TL1805 : The entrance to Barley Mow Stables by David Howard
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TL1805 : The Barley Mow, Tyttenhanger by David Howard
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TL1805 : Barley Mow Lane by Mr Ignavy
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TL1805 : The Barley Mow by Mr Ignavy
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TL1805 : Evidence of a former pub by Mr Ignavy
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Re: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones by willowman1 on Tuesday, 26 September 2017
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The text at the top of the page suggests there were 7 puddingstones in Tyttenhanger ("Sites No. 54 to 60"), but in fact there were only 3 (as per 'The Lost Trackway' page 16).

These were:
At the former Barley Mow pub - I can confirm the stone is definitely gone from there.

At the gate to Hillend Farm - this stone is also gone. The farm has only ever had the one entrance, and this has been radically altered by the creation of a lay-by for a bus stop.

On the west side of Highfield Lane, level with the beginning of Winchfield Wood. Known locally as 'The Block', this had already disappeared by 1920.

Dr. Rudge said that these 3 stones "stood about 200 yards from each other, probably representing the average spacing along this length of the track". Unfortunately, his measurements were about as good as his grid references and his ability to tell puddingstone from sarsen, as it's 623 yards from the Barley Mow to the farm gate, and 656 yards from there to the site of 'The Block'.
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Re: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones by tombraider on Tuesday, 03 January 2017
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Dear Willowman,
much obliged! So there it is behind the garden fence, "It's behind you!".
a nice change to find it actually exists. When there is no photograph supplied for a site, it usually turns out that the object no longer exists - especially if they're puddingstones!
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    Re: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones by Anonymous on Wednesday, 04 January 2017
    tombraider, sorry but I think I've misled you! Whatever that object is behind the fence, it's not likely to be the missing puddingstone after all! Now that Street View can show earlier images, it's obvious that it wasn't actually there before 2012. Ah well.
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      Re: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones by Anonymous on Thursday, 20 July 2017
      returning to the old pub, thinking I had been looking the wrong way (or even parked on it!), and poking around, the proprietor came out and told me there had never been a stone there ever. So, yet another that never existed or vanished long ago.
      Tracking puddingstones is a challenging hobby! (from Tombraider)
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Re: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones by tombraider on Sunday, 12 July 2015
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utterly failed to find this, presume it's hidden in a dense roadside hedge. most frustrating.
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    Re: Tyttenhanger Puddingstones by willowman1 on Sunday, 06 March 2016
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    tombraider, if you have a chance to go near the Barley Mow at Tyttenhanger again, take a look just behind the green fence that's straight ahead in this Street View shot: https://goo.gl/maps/vuEr7Qyu73B2 It's suspiciously sharp-edged, but it might just be the puddingstone, you never know.
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