<< Our Photo Pages >> Bradling Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Shropshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bradling StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.155 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stoke on Trent Nearest Village: Norton Hales
Map Ref: SJ70333864 Landranger Map Number: 127
Latitude: 52.944321N Longitude: 2.442975W
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 |
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This stone, in the centre of Norton in Hales, has been there since anyone can remember; tradition has it that anyone found working after 12 noon on Shrove Tuesday, was taken to this stone and either beaten, bumped, or rolled on this stone (depending on which source you consult).
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