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Multi-periodSite Name: Epping Bury puddingstoneCountry: England County: Essex Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Epping Nearest Village: Epping Upland
Map Ref: TL44790322
Latitude: 51.709038N Longitude: 0.094175E
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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This is a boulder that used to be included in Dr. Ernest Rudge's 'Puddingstone Track', but some time between 1962 and 1983 he apparently decided that it was a little too far south of his favoured line for the route.
It stands close to the south-west corner of the house at Bury Farm, which itself stands within the site of the former Eppingbury, the most ancient manor house of Epping. I was told locally that there used to be a monastery on the site, but that's not true. The tale probably came about because the manor was once owned by the canons of Waltham Abbey.
Dr. Rudge believed (on no evidence that I can find) that the stone had once stood a little further north, at the meeting-place of another old manor, Priestbury. The medieval court leet was held beneath a maple tree near Cobbin's Bridge, shown as 'Cut-maple' on the Andre and Chapman map of 1777.
This is a 'true' puddingstone, approximately 1.5m x 1m x 1m, and is on private property. I luckily visited on a day when the owners were out, and the old gardener very kindly allowed me access.
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