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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Queen Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by The Captain on Tuesday, 14 October 2025  Page Views: 20218

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Queen Stone
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Monmouth  Nearest Village: Symonds Yat
Map Ref: SO5611018220  Landranger Map Number: 148
Latitude: 51.860827N  Longitude: 2.63874W
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.
 3 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.
 2 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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4clydesdale7 visited (still working on) - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This Stone is something of an enigma - there is no good reason for it being where it is - it is however worth that 'little bit extra' to get close to - the markings are quite extraordinary - was there any human influence on its placement?

Humbucker TheCaptain Geojazz have visited here

The Queen Stone
The Queen Stone submitted by Adam Stanford : The Queen Stone up close in 2002 with Jess the Jack Russell checking it out. The grooves are fascinating. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A squatter version of the Devil's Arrows, near Ross-on-Wye. Very grooved, probably due to the action of rainwater. It doesn't look it but it is 7ft (2.1m) tall. On private land quite a way from the road, in a field in the bend of the River Wye, at Symonds Yat.

A boat would probably be the best way to see this stone, unless permission can be obtained from the landowner.
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The Queen Stone
The Queen Stone submitted by Sunny100 : A close-up of the Queen Stone near Goodrich. It stands between 6-7 feet high and dates from the Bronze Age. The eroded stone is also called 'The Woman's Stone' and 'The Cwen Stone'. The eleven deep grooves have probably been caused by rain over thousands of years. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Queen Stone submitted by Postman : slim (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Queen Stone submitted by Postman : looking up towards Symonds Yat (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Queen Stone submitted by Postman : Up and down (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Queen Stone submitted by Bladup : The Queen Stone.

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The Queen Stone submitted by Bladup

The Queen Stone
The Queen Stone submitted by thecaptain : The Queen Stone, Symonds Yat, seen from the edge of the field to the east, and with a telephoto lens.

The Queen Stone
The Queen Stone submitted by Humbucker : Thunder clouds gathering over The Queen Stone. Looking towards Symonds Yat.

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The Queen Stone submitted by Humbucker : The Queen Stone looking towards The River Wye. Half hidden among the remaining crop! (3 comments)

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The Queen Stone submitted by Postman : I've said it before but I really it mean it now, a most singular stone.

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The Queen Stone submitted by Postman : February 2009.

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The Queen Stone submitted by Bladup : The Queen Stone.

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The Queen Stone submitted by thecaptain : The Queen Stone seen from across the River Wye at the northwest.

The Queen Stone
The Queen Stone submitted by thecaptain : The Queen Stone seen from the northwest across the River Wye, and zoomed right in. (1 comment)

The Queen Stone
The Queen Stone submitted by thecaptain : The Queen Stone, Symonds Yat, seen from across the River Wye to the north at the Old Forge. (1 comment)

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Re: The Queen Stone by coldrum on Sunday, 03 January 2010
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The following information from Pastscape.

"A blocked Old Red Conglomerate about 7'6" high probably from
the lower beds of the conglomerate, according to J G Wood.
"It is manifest that the Queen Stone is not in situ so far as
vertical position is concerned, but it is probable that it
rests on the surface of the old denuded beds of rock
underground." The sides of the rock are marked with deep
vertical grooves, which are almost certainly natural (of the
North Arrow at Boroughbridge, Yorks at SE 36 NE4). (3)

There is a reference in Hereford Museum to the excavations here
in 1926, together with a number of undistinguished worked
flints and a photograph showing that the striations on the
stone do not extend below ground level. Museum visited 14.7.52. (4)

Queen's Stone, a monolith. The block with the grooves in the
strata is of natural formation, but seems to have been placed
in its present position by human agency. (5)

A standing stone, which, judged from the depth of the grooves
of 0.2m, has been standing in its present position since
antiquity. It has a maximum height of 1.8m, is 1.6m wide and
0.9m thick. Situated upon level ground, at present under sugar
beet, within a loop of the River Wye. Published 1:2500 survey
correct. See GP. (6)

The standing stone described above (1-6) is visible on aerial photographs at the site stated by source 1 but was therefore not mapped for NMP. There do not appear to be any related features visible on the aerial photographs, such as sockets for other stones around the Queen stone."

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=109570
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Re: The Queen Stone by TheCaptain on Monday, 13 November 2006
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I revisited this stone Sunday morning November 12th 2006. I was able to park near a field entrance to the east of the stone, and just to the south of the little bridge over the River Wye, having driven down from Symonds Yat rock. The gate to the field was open and there was a trackway along the side of the field towards the stone, so I parked and went for a walk to have a look. At the far end of the field, the track enters the next field where the stone is sited, and although this field was freshly planted, the stone could be clearly seen a few hundred metres into the field.



It doesn’t look as tall as I was expecting, but the grooves down its southeastern face were very clear. I waited about 15 minutes here, and eventually the sun came out to light up the stone.



I followed up this visit by crossing the river and attempting to see the stone from the road to the north of the river. There was a reasonable place to park, so I stopped and went for a walk to try and get a picture of the stone. It was a surprisingly busy road, and it was also difficult to get a view of the stone, not only looking right into the sun, but also because the various trees and hedges never seemed to have their gaps line up decently to allow a picture. This is not a good place to get to see the stone.
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