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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Wethers - Standing Stones in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Monday, 16 August 2004  Page Views: 6877

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Wethers
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.564 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Enderby
Map Ref: SP56149972
Latitude: 52.592388N  Longitude: 1.172701W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
0No data.
no data 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
0no data
4

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The Wethers
The Wethers submitted by enkidu41 : The North East stone. Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his <a href="http://www.hoap.co.uk/localhis.htm#ILKLR">Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland</a> CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Leicestershire and Rutland.
The Wethers is a hay meadow in a loop of the River Soar near Enderby.

Four stones about one to two feet high mark out a rectangle approximately 450' east-west by 150' north-south. The NW stone is upright but leaning; the SW one recumbent; the SE a rounded stone and the NE stone smaller and flat.


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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The Wethers
The Wethers submitted by enkidu41 : The SE stone. Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his <a href="http://www.hoap.co.uk/localhis.htm#ILKLR">Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland</a> CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Wethers
The Wethers submitted by enkidu41 : The SW stone. Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his <a href="http://www.hoap.co.uk/localhis.htm#ILKLR">Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland</a> CD-ROM. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

The Wethers
The Wethers submitted by enkidu41 : Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his <a href="http://www.hoap.co.uk/localhis.htm#ILKLR">Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland</a> CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP5699 : River Soar by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2007(licence)
SP5699 : River Soar and pasture land by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2007(licence)
SP5699 : Towpath along the Grand Union Canal by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2017(licence)
SP5699 : Hawthorn blossom in the Soar valley by Christine Johnstone
by Christine Johnstone
©2019(licence)
SP5699 : Grand Union Canal by Andrew Abbott
by Andrew Abbott
©2020(licence)

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