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Submitted by DavidHoyle on Wednesday, 04 May 2022  Page Views: 716

Date UncertainSite Name: Finedon Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.739 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Northamptonshire Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Finedon
Map Ref: SP9161871928
Latitude: 52.337793N  Longitude: 0.656731W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
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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
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At the Finedon History Day in 2017, Jon-Paul Carr (Secretary of the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum) was on the guided walk round Finedon. He was interested in the stone behind the railings in Dolben Square. What is its importance? Francis Terry, leading the walk, quoted from John Bailey’s book “Finedon otherwise Thingdon “, p190 2nd para”: To all appearances, it is one of those stones set down in prehistoric times to mark a boundary or track and, if so, has been there for thousands of years…

Adjacent to the stone used to stand a public pump and there was at one time a similar, but smaller, stone which lay alongside the first. Jon-Paul suggested that it would be informative for locals and visitors to have a plaque on the railings explaining the stone’s significance. The Society successfully applied for a small community grant from Wellingborough Borough Council and, although there was some delay while the railings were painted, the plaque was erected earlier last year. The Society is very grateful for the Council’s financial support.

When you are next in Finedon, do go to Dolben square and have a look.

Source: Ancient Stone, Dolben Square by Rachel Terry in the Finedon Local History Society newsletter.
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