<< Our Photo Pages >> The King's Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Northumberland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The King's StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Coldstream Nearest Village: Cornhill on Tweed
Map Ref: NT88423845
Latitude: 55.639464N Longitude: 2.18552W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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bishop_pam visited on 21st Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 1093 which says: "A probable Bronze Age standing stone, allegedly later reused to mark the spot where King James IV was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field."
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