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Multi-periodSite Name: Tarry Stone Alternative Name: Cookham Stone; TarrystoneCountry: England County: Berkshire Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Maidenhead Nearest Village: Cookham
Map Ref: SU8974585392
Latitude: 51.560279N Longitude: 0.706781W
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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NickyD visited on 1st Jan 1985 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 5
In the book, Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd the Tarry Stone and Cookham Stone are mentioned. The Tarry Stone is claimed in the book to be a meteorite. Being made of sarsen this is unlikely.
Further reading: http://www.celiahaddon.co.uk/standing%20stones/berkshire.htm (Archived) and http://www.cookham.com/about/history/history1.htm
Original page by Coldrum
Update January 2018: This boundary stone is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Tarry Stone, Cookham, Berkshire, which gives directions for finding this stone, together with a photograph, an image of an old postcard of the stone and its location, a drawing from 1976, descriptions from historical sources and local folklore.
The stone is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 248193, which estimates the date to the 16th century, adding: "The Tarry Stone is now incorporated in a War memorial at SU 89748539. It is an irregular block of stone with a plaque bearing the following inscription "The Tarry Stone at which sports were held before AD.1507. Stood formerly 50 yds N.N.E. and was replaced here AD 1909...." Its 1909 position was at SU 89718534, where it is described as "Stone" on the O.S. 25" 1933. An intermediate site was a private garden ... but it is evidently now approximately in its original position."
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