<< Our Photo Pages >> Cat Hill Wood Stone - Modern Stone Circle etc in England in Leicestershire and Rutland
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Modern SitesSite Name: Cat Hill Wood StoneCountry: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Loughborough Nearest Village: Coalville
Map Ref: SK474154
Latitude: 52.734166N Longitude: 1.299459W
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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This stone in Cat Hill Wood is nearly 8' high and is the tallest standing stone in the county.
This does not appear to be ancient and may have been erected in the early part of the twentieth century by Boy Scouts from the nearby camp.
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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