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<< Our Photo Pages >> Horsedale Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by malboll on Friday, 30 March 2012  Page Views: 3676

Modern SitesSite Name: Horsedale Standing Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.264 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bonsall
Map Ref: SK2601558596
Latitude: 53.123905N  Longitude: 1.612706W
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.
3 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.
4 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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rolandkeates visited on 1st Jan 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I believe this to be a sheep scratching stone. I asked the farmer who mentioned his family had been farming sheep on the land for decades.

EmmaA visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Horsedale Standing Stone
Horsedale Standing Stone submitted by malboll : Possibly ancient standing stone in Horsedale? (Vote or comment on this photo)
A modern field boundary stone put in place during the 1980s when Fluorspar was being mined. At the upper end of Horsedale.
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Horsedale Standing Stone
Horsedale Standing Stone submitted by EmmaA : This is the smaller of the two stones, with the larger in the background. The smaller is about 1m tall (could be a gate post!). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK2558 : Mere to the West of Horse Dale by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
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SK2558 : A small pond on the south side of Blakemere Lane by Peter Barr
by Peter Barr
©2009(licence)
SK2658 : Bonsall Moor - Blakemere Lane by Alan Heardman
by Alan Heardman
©2009(licence)
SK2658 : Bonsall Moor - Moor Lane by Alan Heardman
by Alan Heardman
©2009(licence)
SK2658 : One wall remaining, but only just by Peter Barr
by Peter Barr
©2009(licence)

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Re: Horsedale Standing Stone by rolandkeates on Saturday, 14 October 2023
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The mystery has been solved with regards this standing stone.

This is actually a field boundary stone put in place during the 1980’s when Fluorspar was being mined.

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Re: Horsedale Standing Stone by EmmaA on Sunday, 06 July 2014
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I also "discovered" this stone today. There is another smaller one about 40m away too. Anyone know anything?
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