<< Our Photo Pages >> Ellerdine Heath - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Shropshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ellerdine HeathCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.381 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Telford Nearest Village: Heath Lanes
Map Ref: SJ6191821168
Latitude: 52.786733N Longitude: 2.566101W
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 |
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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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This stone, maybe post mediaeval but not certain, is documented in a photograph between 1931 and 1934, with its last entry on the SMR in Septmeber 1975. Outside Heath Lanes village hall, see the comments for details.
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