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<< Our Photo Pages >> Great Gaddesden church puddingstones - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Hertfordshire

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.521 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Hertfordshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 Nearest Village: Great Gaddesden
Map Ref: TL02871127
Latitude: 51.790636N  Longitude: 0.509897W
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Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Great Gaddesden church puddingstones submitted by NickyD : Puddingstone in the graveyard at the front of the church. The top of the stone looks like it''s been polish at some point. Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Great Gaddesden church has several puddingstones in the churchyard.


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Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Great Gaddesden church puddingstones submitted by Antonine : In the churchyard of St John the Baptist Church, 2011 The church was probably the site of a pre-Christian sanctuary. The church shows every period since the 12th century and there is Roman bricks in part of the chancel. There are many monuments to the Halsey family, for whom Gaddesden Place was built from 1768 to 1773. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Great Gaddesden church puddingstones submitted by Antonine : Puddingstone in the churchyard, 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Great Gaddesden church puddingstones submitted by NickyD : A large puddingstone in the graveyard and in the background is another stone used in the foundations of the church. Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Great Gaddesden church puddingstones submitted by NickyD : The biggest ''block'' of puddingstones in the foundations of the church. Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Gaddesden church puddingstones
Great Gaddesden church puddingstones submitted by NickyD : One of the 3 big Puddingstones in the foundations of the church ''St John the Baptist'' in Great Gaddesden. It''s very similar to St Mary''s Church in Chesham which is said to have been built on the site of a Bronze Age stone circle of puddingstones (they too are in the foundations of the church and there''s a semi circle of yew trees on the mound which the Chesham Church is sat on!). Image copy...

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Re: Great Gaddesden church puddingstones by NickyD on Friday, 30 October 2015
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The church of St John the Baptist has a total of 6 pieces of puddingstones, most of them fairly big. One small piece is on the grass near the road just before you walk up the gravel path to the church. A large, possibly polished stone, lies on the grass near the entrance and the first piece in the foundations (that's been painted black!) is to the right of the porch. At the back of the church from the porch are two more big pieces in the foundations and, near to these but amongst the graves, is one fairly big one and a small piece lying next to it. There might even be more scattered around the graveyard but is was too wet then to explore! We couldn't go into the church itself to see if there was any information about them as there was some building work going on. This Church is very similar to St Mary's in Chesham which has puddingstones built into it's foundations, a semi circle of Yew trees (fairly old), all of which are built on a mound. The information provided inside St Mary's is that it's been built on a "Bronze Age stone circle of puddingstones".
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