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<< Our Photo Pages >> Botley Stone - Ring Cairn in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 09 October 2004  Page Views: 7217

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Botley Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.762 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Shropshire Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Church Stretton  Nearest Village: Hamperley
Map Ref: SO408896
Latitude: 52.501072N  Longitude: 2.873522W
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
1 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.
2 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
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Botley Stone
Botley Stone submitted by TimPrevett : Picture shows the ring cairn in the foreground, looking north into the forest. Botley Stone is classified as the remains of a Bronze Age ring cairn. What is visible now, is a hollowed out grass ring; upon closer inspection a good number of angular rocks are visible under the grass. Ring cairns are very rare in Shropshire, and given that all other burial monuments upon The Long Mynd are barrows ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ring Cairn in Shropshire

Botley Stone is classified as the remains of a Bronze Age ring cairn. What is visible now, is a hollowed out grass ring; upon closer inspection a good number of angular rocks are visible under the grass. Ring cairns are very rare in Shropshire, and given that all other burial monuments upon The Long Mynd are barrows comprised of earth (some with varying degrees of stones or kerbing surviving) of, this ring cairn is remarkably unusual in the area.

The monument is surprisingly small, and its ring appearance may be due stone robbing from the centre, similar to that of the possible ring cairn upon Stapeley Hill to the west, making it more akin to the quartzite cairns on The Stiperstones ridge between The Long Mynd and Stapeley Hill.

The cairn sits upon a flat part of Churchmoor Hill, a little to the northwest of a right-angle in the forest boundary. It is adjacent the footpath and Bike:UK trail. If visiting from the north, accessing via the Midland Gliding Club, take note of the warning signs regarding health and safety concerning the gliders
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