<< Text Pages >> Claybrooke Magna - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Leicestershire and Rutland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Claybrooke MagnaCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.665 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Leicester Nearest Village: Claybrooke Magna
Map Ref: SP493885
Latitude: 52.492192N Longitude: 1.275325W
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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Standing Stone in Leicestershire and Rutland.
A 3' long recumbent stone witha U-shaped depression in the top.
["Standing Stones and Mark Stones of Leicestershire and Rutland", Bob Trubshaw, 1991, Albion Press]
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