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<< Text Pages >> The Kingship Stone, Cherry Hinton - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Cambridgeshire

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 08 September 2010  Page Views: 8392

Natural PlacesSite Name: The Kingship Stone, Cherry Hinton Alternative Name: Robin Hood and Little John Pub
Country: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Cambridge  Nearest Village: Cherry Hinton
Map Ref: TL486562
Latitude: 52.184035N  Longitude: 0.172157E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
5 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
3

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Natural Stone with possible carving in Cambridgeshire. Hugh Newman writes: At the base of the Gog Magog Hills in Cherry Hinton, a village next to Cambridge is ‘The Giants Grave’, a natural spring (also called Springhead, Springfield and Robin Hood dip), that possibly once had a round barrow next to it. Three ring-ditches that are possibly Neolithic, but more likely Bronze Age, were discovered just over the other side of Fulbourn Road in 1983. Neolithic flint artefacts and Early Bronze Age pottery were found and at the centres of the constructions along with evidence of large wooden post-holes. Smaller than nearby Wandlebury maybe, but as significant as we shall soon see.

In the car park of the Robin Hood and Little John pub, lies a mysterious lonely megalith. The dark sarsen stone is about three feet across and has an unusual human-sized ‘footprint’ deeply embedded into it. It is about size 10, as my shoe size nearly fitted. Rather than a natural formation, the stone looks like it has been carved, a widespread tradition that local author Nigel Pennick says, could date back to the Neolithic era.

Another ancient looking stone sits embedded in the front driveway of a house next to Gladstone Way in Cherry Hinton, which is just behind the Robin Hood pub. Street names often give away clues to ancient traditions. The depth it goes into the ground is unknown, although to have a megalith, a kingship stone, circular henges, a possible round barrow and a natural spring all within a few hundred yards from one another deserves archaeological attention and another look at the folklore and prehistory of Cherry Hinton.

Read the full article at Hugh Newman's Ancient Wandlebury

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TL4856 : The Robin Hood public house, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge by JThomas
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TL4856 : The Robin Hood, Cherry Hinton by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
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TL4856 : Sign for the Eating Inn (Robin Hood), Cherry Hinton, Cambridge by JThomas
by JThomas
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TL4856 : The Robin Hood & Little John, Cherry Hinton by Keith Edkins
by Keith Edkins
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TL4856 : Cherry Hinton: roadworks at the crossroads by John Sutton
by John Sutton
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