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Photo Pages: London Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Greater London
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Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 Page Views: 6932
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Re: London Stone (Score: 1)
by Rombald on Monday, 13 February 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | I quote from Ralph Merrifield's "Roman London" (Cassell, London, 1969, pp. 95-7):
On the southern side of the ancient [Roman] road, and therefore beneath the middle of the present street, just to the east of Cannon Street Station, there stood in the Middle Ages a mysterious stone monument which, at least as early as the twelfth centruy, was known simply as London Stone [footnote to an 1189 reference]. ...
In 1742 the worn stump, which had been for some time protected by a stone cover, was removed to the north side of the street, and in 1798 it was set in a stone case in the south external wall of St. Swithin's Church. The church was destroyed by bombing in the war and the Stone was removed when the ruined wall was demolished in 1961. It was found to be merely the rounded apex of the monument, made of Clipsham Limestone and shaped rather like a tea-cosy. ... the anceint fetish stone of London ...
... Since it is not a natural monolith, but a monument shaped by masons from quarried stone, it is unlikely that it is a pagan Saxon sacred stone ... It was certainly not a wayside cross of te Christian Saxon period, since in that case some memory would have been preserved in its name. ... Its Roman origin has been doubted because it is of Clipsham Stone, an oolitic limestone which was extensively used for building in East Anglia in the Middle Ages. We do not kow that this stone was exploited to any extent during the Roman period ...
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Re: London Stone (Score: 1)
by ShropshireTraveller on Monday, 22 May 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | The London Stone is to be moved due to demolition of the premisies see the BBC HERE | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: London Stone (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Friday, 05 March 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | As of March 2010 the London Stone is still in the location as reported on this page, perhaps they changed their mind about demolishing that building or couldn't get planning permission.
I literally bumped into it a few months ago while wandering round the City of London looking at the churches. There's a bar next door with a big sign called 'London Stone', I thought, hang on a minute that sounds familiar, had a look round close by and there it was!
I stood across the road watching it for about 10 minutes. No one gives it a first look let alone a second look.
It's actually one of the sites you can see on Google Street View, here is the link, it's in the little box with the railings attached to that building.
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London Stone talk at Museum of London: Making a Myth, April 13, 2010 (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Tuesday, 09 March 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | London Stone: making a myth
Type: Lecture
Programme: Adult Programme Feb - Apr 2010
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Location: Museum of London
Part of the "LAMAS Lectures " series of events
Description
Join the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) for a monthly lecture detailing exciting recent research on London's archaeology and history. Todays speaker will be John Clark, former Senior Curator (Medieval)at Museum of London
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* Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 18:30 - 20:00
London Stone: Making a Myth
John Clark, formerly Senior Curator (Medieval), Museum of London
John Clark has recently retired from a long and distinguished career as Senior Curator (Medieval) at the Museum of London. In this talk he investigates the strange history of London Stone, the mysterious block of limestone that currently sits, ignored by passers-by, in an alcove in the wall of a building opposite Cannon Street Station. Already a subject of speculation in the 16th century, subsequently identified in turn as a Roman milestone, as a Druid monument, as the 'Stone of Brutus' and as 'London's original fetish stone', it is now considered by some to play an essential role in the 'sacred geometry' of London. How have such diverse opinions as to its purpose arisen? - and can we truly identify its date and its original function?
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