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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giant's Grave Sarsen StoneCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum Nearest Village: Melcombe Horsey
Map Ref: ST757017 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.814333N Longitude: 2.346287W
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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The Giant's Grave is found on the steep west-facing slope of Henning Hill. Lying roughly north-south along the contour of the hill, it is exactly what its name suggests: a very low grass covered mound, approximately 20 metres long and 4 metres wide with a "headstone" at the southern end.
Pastscape identifies the earthwork as a medieval pillow mound and describes the stone as an 'uncertain' sarsen boulder. These so-called pillow mounds are often the remains of late and post-medieval rabbit warrens (when rabbits were farmed for their meat) and have no prehistoric provenance!
Legend has it that the giant lost a stone-throwing contest with a giant from Nordon Hill, died of disappointment and was buried in this mound.
Access Park/get off the bus at Cross Lanes to the southwest of Melcombe Bingham village. Walk southwest along the road and take the footpath/bridleway that runs alongside the road after the last house. The grave is about 300m along the path on the grassy slope of Henning Hill. Its low profile means that it is difficult to see close up, but it is quite visible when viewed from a distance: for example, from Nordon Hill to the north.
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