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<< Our Photo Pages >> Robin Hood's Chair - Stone Circle in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Wednesday, 20 October 2004  Page Views: 8395

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Robin Hood's Chair
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.949 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ruyton-XI-Towns
Map Ref: SJ377233  Landranger Map Number: 126
Latitude: 52.803639N  Longitude: 2.925559W
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
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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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Robin Hood's Chair
Robin Hood's Chair submitted by VirtHist : Well, this is the woodland in which it stands. (This is taken from the car park of the Enigma Indian restaurant at Shotatton crossroads, looking northeast. So there's a great view and great food to be had). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Shropshire This uncertain monument once consisted of a circle of upright stones, but is described as the remains of a cromlech in the Sites and Monuments Record. Also denoted as a possbile barrow, or spoil from the neighbouring quarry. Ordnance Survey reported nothing visibly left in 1977.


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Robin Hood's Chair
Robin Hood's Chair submitted by TimPrevett : Most definetly nothing left here, at least obviously! In places, dense tree growth, plenty of bracken, certainly some mounds - but impossible to tell. A precipitous drop into a quarry to the south east lends credence that the mounds that are there are due to quarry spoil, and nothing ancient. This is one of seven locations for possible Shropshire stone circles, besides the two known circles.... (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Robin Hood's Chair by TimPrevett on Friday, 15 October 2004
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Managed to get into Pastscape at last... among other things, it does definetly list this in the designation as "Bronze Age Stone Circle", with the grid reference as my comment last November.

Tim
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Re: Robin Hood's Chair by TimPrevett on Thursday, 14 October 2004
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What was the source for Tom's posting on this? The multimap reference here has changed since I posted the details last November, which has confused me. I might be able to check this out within a couple weeks.
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Re: Robin Hood's Chair by TimPrevett on Wednesday, 26 November 2003
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Grid Ref SJ 377233 in wooded area, on Grug Hill, in what appears to be the grounds of Ruyton Manor.

www.pastscape.org lists it as a "Site of Stone Circle Mounds", sounds like a possible embanked circle, but also described as 'quarry upcast' and 'mediaeval (and post-mediaeval) spoil heap'.

One to explore with permission from the landowner, methinks, though there is a public footpath intersecting the hill.
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