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Submitted by SimonC on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 Page Views: 651
Date UncertainSite Name: Beaudesert Park Standing StoneCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stroud Nearest Village: Pinfarthings
Map Ref: SO853000
Latitude: 51.698550N Longitude: 2.214095W
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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One that I recently re-found in my photos from about 15 years ago. It's a 5/6 ft tall standing stone in the private grounds of Beaudesert Park Public School near Stroud. It looks like it may have been damaged and re-erected at some point. I used to regularly play in that area when I was kid 50 years ago (my family worked at the school) and don't remember it being there or at least standing back then, although had it been flat I probably wouldn't have noticed it.
It's roughly equidistant between the well known Minchinhampton Long Stone and the lesser known Rodborough Horestone and is a similar size and shape.
There were some smaller chunks of stone alongside that could well have broken off from the stone itself.
I don't know the current state but could probably get access fairly easily.
I haven't been able to find any reference to it online or on maps.
Note: A relatively new discovery from Simon, does anyone have any information on this stone?
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