<< Our Photo Pages >> Cross and Hand Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Dorset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cross and Hand StoneCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cerne Abbas Nearest Village: Batcombe
Map Ref: ST632038
Latitude: 50.832555N Longitude: 2.52392W
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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3.5 feet tall stone adjacent the road, north west from Cerne Abbas, with its own enclosure. Blink as you drive past and you'd miss it.
Of unknown provenance. To me it looks like part of a cross shaft or a damaged sundial base. It's still being venerated, coins and crystals left atop the flatter part of the stone. Referred to by Thomas Hardy.
Its north face has an indentation in it which could be seen as a hand shape. Some see phallic inference in its bulbous upper part.
Have given it a good ambience. While it has a road on one side and a field on the other, it has good views and a pleasing feel.
For finding this stone, the source was Peter Knight's "Ancient Stones of Dorset".
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