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<< Text Pages >> Portesham Stone 9 - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Dorset

Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 06 December 2003  Page Views: 4316

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Portesham Stone 9
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Portesham
Map Ref: SY602857  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.669597N  Longitude: 2.564555W
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.
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
3

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SY6085 : Culvert in Portesham by mick finn
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SY6085 : The King's Arms, Portesham by mick finn
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SY6085 : Portesham: the village green by Chris Downer
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SY6085 : Portesham: the village green from the north by Chris Downer
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SY6085 : New Rd and Front Rd by N Chadwick
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