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Natural PlacesSite Name: The Chiding stoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.779 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Village: Chiddingstone
Map Ref: TQ50064509
Latitude: 51.185347N Longitude: 0.145762E
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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beagle visited on 4th Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
JohRvs visited on 6th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Walked to from the road with Helen & Molly.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4
The name Chidda presumably being a local Saxon leader. Some have associated it with the Druids and others believe that the stone was used as a site of punishment mainly for local witches or wives, hence the name chide. It is an odd and atmospheric site and never appears to be overgrown. A personal story involves my father kissing it for good luck when my grandmother was ill. He returned 60 miles the next day to kick it when she unfortunately passed away that day!! Don't let that put you off!
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