<< Our Photo Pages >> Nettlebed Puddingstones - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Oxfordshire
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Nettlebed PuddingstonesCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.335 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Henley on Thames
Map Ref: SU7018186797
Latitude: 51.575679N Longitude: 0.988666W
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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From the information board alongside the stones:
These two pudding stones were found in the courtyard of the 16th century Bull Inn in Nettlebed High Street. Resembling blocks of weathered concrete, the stones were formed from accumulated deposits of loose boulders and flint pebbles which solidified naturally into conglomerates or breccia.
At one time, an information plaque positioned next to one of the stones stated: "This stone is known and registered in the British Museum as a 'pudding stone'. It is one of a series of similar stones used as signposts by the Ancient Britons and standing in a line from Grime's Graves in Norfolk to the Thames at Pangbourne. It is about 4000 years old."
Subsequent research revealed no record of the stones at the British Museum and the matter was referred to the Natural History Museum. It was then discovered that the stones were not thousands of years old, but millions. The Oxfordshire County archaeologist also considered it unlikely that they had been used as signposts, as stated on the old information board. So what was their purpose?
The board then continues, making reference to Rudge's 1950's publication "The Conglomerate Track" before suggesting that the stones were used as mounting blocks for horse riders, but concludes that pudding stones rank among the "most ancient surviving works of primitive man".
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