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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Peter's Pence Stone Alternative Name: Robin Hood's StoneCountry: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Market Harborough
Map Ref: SP740874
Latitude: 52.479518N Longitude: 0.91184W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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ChristopherJones visited on 3rd Dec 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Very nice area, there is a church ruin of St Mary in Arden very nearby.
NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 5
This large sandstone block is near the ruined church of St. Mary in Arden in Market Harborough.
"Peter's pennies" were levies imposed by Rome on the people of Britain in mediaeval times.
Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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