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Modern SitesSite Name: Whiteknights StonesCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.027 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Berkshire Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Reading
Map Ref: SU739715
Latitude: 51.437686N Longitude: 0.938211W
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 |
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These included a grotto, which is still there, although it has lost its decorative coral and sea shells. But most intersting for us is that he created his own stone row. The stones of the stone row are still present, but they were uprooted and re-built as a fernery in 1878.
Source and full references here: Where did the Whiteknights sarsen stones come from? by Katy Whitaker https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:18363/, where there is a photo of the grotto and stone row. With thanks to Katy Whitaker for the information.
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