<< Our Photo Pages >> Birdlip standing stones - Modern Stone Circle etc in England in Gloucestershire
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Modern SitesSite Name: Birdlip standing stonesCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Cheltenham Nearest Village: Birdlip
Map Ref: SO9235214746
Latitude: 51.831274N Longitude: 2.112389W
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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A series of three standing stones. The largest is recorded and in a back garden. These two are unrecorded and have been hidden by ivy and deep woods on a steep incline. One has a small flat area around it with a low border of stones. I suspect they are a Victorian folly but that is a guess.
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