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<< Our Photo Pages >> Altar Stone, Whitwick - Modern Stone Circle etc in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Friday, 13 August 2004  Page Views: 14742

Modern SitesSite Name: Altar Stone, Whitwick
Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
 Nearest Village: Whitwick
Map Ref: SK453168
Latitude: 52.746930N  Longitude: 1.330365W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Altar Stone, Whitwick
Altar Stone, Whitwick submitted by enkidu41 : Near Whitwick, the so-called druidical 'Altar Stone'. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Near Whitwick in Leicestershire, a so-called druidical 'Altar Stone' to the north-west of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, the first monastery to be established in England after the Dissolution.

It is a large flat stone resting on other smaller stones. This seems unlikely to have anything to do with prehistoric Druids but may be the work of late eighteenth century gentry who had a fascination with the highly-imaginary 'revival' of Druidism that was then fashionable.

Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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SK4516 : Countryside near Whitwick by Mat Fascione
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SK4516 : Oaks Road towards Whitwick by Mat Fascione
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SK4416 : Oaks Road near Whitwick by Mat Fascione
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SK4516 : Stile on Oaks Road by Ian S
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SK4516 : Oaks Road near Whitwick by Mat Fascione
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Re: Altar Stone, Whitwick by flannel on Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Couldn't see it with binoculars from the road.
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    Re: Altar Stone, Whitwick by Runemage on Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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    Hi Flannel, There are so many bits of stone and outcrops over a large area in that part of Leicestershire.

    Is this it?

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