<< Our Photo Pages >> Rolstone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Somerset
Submitted by richbaber on Friday, 27 March 2015 Page Views: 3496
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: RolstoneCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Weston-super-Mare Nearest Village: Banwell
Map Ref: ST38736120
Latitude: 51.346563N Longitude: 2.881108W
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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philw visited on 1st Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Just a single stone, access is via hopping over a gate into the field. I cycled here as it's not far from where I live, but theres a few wider parts of the road you could probably park in.
Lots of quartz in the stone.
TheCaptain have visited here
Access is over a small bridge over a rhyne, where it is possible to park. A farm gate then provides access to the field where the stone is clearly visible.
My local research has drawn a blank as to the stone's origin. There are standing stones a few kilometres away at Compton Bishop and Yarberry. Hill forts abound in the North Somerset area. I am convinced that this is a stone from the same period. Images to follow.
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