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<< Text Pages >> Amberstone - Marker Stone in England in East Sussex

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Multi-periodSite Name: Amberstone
Country: England County: East Sussex Type: Marker Stone
 Nearest Village: Amberstone
Map Ref: TQ598114
Latitude: 50.880002N  Longitude: 0.270169E
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.
4 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.
4 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
4

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Marker Stone in East Sussex

Boundary marker.

Northeast of Hailsham in East Sussex is a small hamlet called Amberstone (TQ598114). The few houses that make the settlement are set around a "bridge" on the A271, which was originally a ford over a stream that runs into the Pevensey levels. The stream now runs under the road but there is no perceptible bridge. The earliest form of the hamlet's name is Ambefeld, the first element being a Saxon personal name (Mawer & Stenton 1930 p.435). The name first recognises the place as a ford in 1212 with Ambeford then moves through Ombeford (1370) before the stone is first mentioned in 1470 with Ombefordstone. Finally in 1588, the ford element is lost leaving us with the Amberstone we have today.

This stone is a real stone, and as the stream which is the focus of the hamlet once formed part of the boundary between the parishes of Hellingly and Hailsham, the stone is likely to be one of the Boundary stones. A piece of folklore has attached itself to this stone. "Local Tradition has it that at every full moon, and every time the clock strikes midnight, the stone turns round on its bed" (Wales 1992 p.48). This sort of legend is not uncommon, with stones running around, turning about and going down the local stream for a drink all over the country, usually at a certain time, as above (Grinsell 1976 p.56).

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TQ5911 : Old Toll House by the A271, Amberstone by Milestone Society
by Milestone Society
©2019(licence)
TQ5911 : New Road westbound to Hellingly by Dave Spicer
by Dave Spicer
©2013(licence)
TQ6011 : Bend in the A271 at Magham Down by Dave Spicer
by Dave Spicer
©2013(licence)
TQ5911 : A271 Leaving Hailsham by Julian P Guffogg
by Julian P Guffogg
©2011(licence)
TQ6011 : A271 from Hailsham by Oast House Archive
by Oast House Archive
©2009(licence)

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