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<< Our Photo Pages >> Harold Stone (Bosherton) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 21 January 2009  Page Views: 6104

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harold Stone (Bosherton) Alternative Name: Stackpole Farm, Devil's Quoit
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.751 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Pembrokeshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Stackpole
Map Ref: SR96769586
Latitude: 51.624758N  Longitude: 4.937621W
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
no data 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.
no data 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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Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Bladup : Harold Stone (Bosherton) - it looked to my eyes to have maybe once been a side slab of a ruined chamber [quoit], and the stones around it - field clearance or part of a chambered cairn? (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 2 metre tall standing stone, one of the Devil's Quoits.

In legend this stone is associated with the campaigns of Harold Godwinson.

Coflein site no. 305409.
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Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Horatio : This is one LARGE stone and as such one of the best I've ever come across. This will be FOREVER my most memorable (stone) too. I wanted to get a photo from behind the stone and as such I knelt down but couldn't fit it all in so I leant back, my eye stuck to the viewfinder of my camera, forgetting that there was an electric wire behind me and without realising put my skull (where it meets my neck... (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Bladup : Harold Stone (Bosherton) - showing how thin it is, also it looked to my eyes to have maybe once been a side slab of a ruined chamber (quoit). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Postman : Field clearance or cairn, definitely a big stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Postman : Harolds stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Bladup : Harold Stone (Bosherton), it looked to my eyes to have maybe once been a side slab of a ruined chamber (quoit). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Bladup

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Bladup : Harold Stone (Bosherton) - it looked to my eyes to have maybe once been a side slab of a ruined chamber (quoit).

Harold Stone (Bosherton)
Harold Stone (Bosherton) submitted by Bladup

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