<< Our Photo Pages >> The Tibblestone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Gloucestershire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The TibblestoneCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cheltenham Nearest Village: Teddington
Map Ref: SO96333384 Landranger Map Number: 150
Latitude: 52.002986N Longitude: 2.054872W
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 |
0 | no data |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 27th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 A lot of history attached to this Stone
ChristopherJones visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Just north of Teddington village, it is next to a petrol station.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
Its name means Stone of Tetbald, or Theobald's Stone or Tibald's Stone. This became Tibblestone and gave its name to the Tibblestone Hundred (a portion of a county or shire for administration purposes). It is thought that meetings and courts were held around the stone.
For a while, it disappeared from view, but was unearthed in 1948 when foundations were being dug for the new garage.
According to local folklore, a giant at the back of Dixton Hill threw the stone towards the Severn at Tewkesbury. His foot slipped and the mark is said to remain on the side of the hill while the stone fell at Teddington Cross Hands.
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