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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Desford StoneCountry: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Leicester Nearest Village: Desford
Map Ref: SK478034
Latitude: 52.626263N Longitude: 1.295274W
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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Standing Stone in Leicestershire and Rutland.
This recumbent boulder of gritty sandstone is just under 3' long and lies to the western edge of the churchyard of St. Martin's Church in Desford.
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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