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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Great Stone (Downham) Alternative Name: Downham CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.399 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Clitheroe Nearest Village: Downham
Map Ref: SD782443
Latitude: 53.894412N Longitude: 2.33321W
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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The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this legendary rock (or possibly a monolith or marker stone) - see their entry for The Great Stone, Downham, Lancashire, which gives directions for finding this stone, photographs, local folklore and descriptions from 20th century reference books.
TNA tells us this stone rests underneath a stone wall in a beautiful village. This 'great stone' "thought by some as an old monolith; remains of a Roman milestone by others; whilst some just denote it as nowt but a small stone ... but the small pock-marked stone has been embedded in its present position for at least 150 years, as the growth of soil and tree behind it shows."
The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this stone - see their entry for The Great Stone, Downham, Lancashire, which includes a photograph, a description and a discussion of its purpose. The Journal adds: "Apparently the Lord of the (Downham Hall) Manor had the stone placed under his wall for protection and that’s where it has lain for a hundred years or more."
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