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<< Our Photo Pages >> Portesham Stone 2 - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Dorset

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 06 December 2003  Page Views: 5743

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Portesham Stone 2 Alternative Name: Portesham Stone D
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Portesham
Map Ref: SY607870  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.681321N  Longitude: 2.557618W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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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Portesham Stone 2
Portesham Stone 2 submitted by TimPrevett : Portesham Stone 2, AKA Stone C in Peter Knight's Stones of Ancient Dorset, page 143. This is right next to the footpath at the edge of the field. Beware of any fences that look like string. They are electrified, as I found out! (Vote or comment on this photo)
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 10m N 360° Jeffrey & Joan (Portesham) Standing Stones (SY60708701)
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Re: Portesham Stone 2 by Anonymous on Monday, 20 February 2012
Intriguing entry! There was a long-lost group of standing stones, obviously with some ancestral memory of petrification, known as 'Jeffery & Jone' in the olde records, which accounts for the stone you've added:

http://megalithix.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/jeffrey-joan/

The stone you've added here confirms the oral tradition in the story. Spot on!
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