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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Devil's stone (Bedfordshire)Country: England
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County: Bedfordshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Marston Moretaine
Map Ref: SP9989840865
Latitude: 52.057172N Longitude: 0.544394W
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Local legend states that the stones indicated a series of jumps made by the devil or alternative where a man was turned to stone by playing leapfrog on a Sunday. The church has an unusual separated tower which is also blamed on the Devil who tried to carry it away and finding it too heavy dropped it.
Although generally described as a standing stone its shape suggests a Roman milestone.
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