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Submitted by jfarrar on Saturday, 21 November 2009  Page Views: 11051

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Wergin's Stone
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hereford  Nearest Village: Sutton St Nicholas
Map Ref: SO5297543981
Latitude: 52.092165N  Longitude: 2.687799W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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The Wergin's Stone submitted by jfarrar : Wergin's Stone (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Wergin's Stone is a standing stone in a field near the River Lugg in Herefordshire. It is not easy to actually approach as the land is private but can be seen from the road between Sutton St Nicholas and Shelwick Green. There is a rather disfiguring tubular metal fence around the stone.

It was recorded that on Wednesday 16th February 1642 an extraordinarily strong wind dragged the upright Wergins Stone 120 yards away, making an 18" dent in the ground the whole distance, and carried the base stone 440 yards away through the air and a satanic black dog was seen running before one of the stones.

The reference to stones, in the plural, tends to reinforce an old story, recorded by Daniel Defoe, that there were two stones there in the 18th century.
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The Wergin's Stone submitted by jfarrar : Wergin's Stone in the floods - 1st January 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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