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Natural PlacesSite Name: Thor's Stone Alternative Name: Thor's RocksCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.476 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Village: Thurstaston
Map Ref: SJ2447484933
Latitude: 53.355861N Longitude: 3.136203W
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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Hogeybare visited on 9th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Great stone for climbing and an attraction at solstice
TimPrevett have visited here
The Nothern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this legendary rock - see their entry for Thor’s Stone, Thurstaston, Cheshire, which gives directions for finding this site, together with a photograph, a description and local folklore. TNA adds: "On Thurstaston Common a 298 foot high hill has a large red sandstone outcrop, on the landward side, known as Thor’s Stone. One large rectangular block of stone that is 50 feet in length, 30 feet wide by 25 foot high has been eroded over thousands of years. Described by J.A. Picton in 1877 as 'the Great Stone of Thor,' the village itself seemed to have gained its name from this prominent mass of rocks. It was described first of all in the Domesday book, as Turstanetone, and both village and rocks have been written as variants on the original ever since."
Note: Prof. Howard Williams visits Thor’s Stone on Thurstaston Common - more in the comments
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