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Photo Pages: Long Stone (IOW) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Isle of Wight
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Submitted by Jerry_Anderson on Sunday, 11 February 2001 Page Views: 9303
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 Site Name: Long Stone (IOW) Country: England County: Isle of Wight Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Totland Nearest Village: Mottistone
Map Ref: SZ404839 Landranger Map Number: 196
Latitude: 50.653386N Longitude: 1.429877W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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 Isle of Wight
I recently visited the Isle of Wight and was surprised to see that there was a standing stone on the Downs on the South side of the Island at a hamlet called Mottistone, apparently named after the long stone presumably.
Standing on National Trust land, it is accessible (although a bit of a hike), through the woods and Downland surrounding it. There are no signs to guide you as you trudge along, which was quite nice really although not very helpful!
When I reached the Longstone, it is approx.. 13 feet tall and is standing at an approx.. angle of 80 degrees. The stone itself seems to be very high in iron content and is indigenous to the area. On the ground is another large stone, around 8 feet in length which I felt was not actually part of the main Longstone i.e: It had not been an original piece of the standing stone, although it was the same geologically.
Note: Jerry Anderson
 Long Stone (IOW) submitted by Avaloniaspirit
The Long Stone is a place that I have visited on many occasions and I have taken shed loads of photos but this one is probably one of my favs...lol though it does look a bit phallic looking from this angle!
The closest village is Mottistone and unlless you are up to a hike then I wouldn't park by Mottistone Manor. The best place to go is up Strawberry lane(theres a interesting house on the corn
 Long Stone (IOW) submitted by eeveyb
Long Stone, SZ404839I believe to be the only Standing Stone on the Isle.Through the village of Mortistone there is a sign post that takes you onto private land , but no guided signs to take you up to the stone.A steady climb of 30 min's or so amid heathers and teasles (of which I had to cut myself a bunchful to bring home) and overlooking lovely views of Brighstone Down.The Stone itself standing a
 The Long Stone (IOW) submitted by PaulM
The Long Stone megaliths viewed from the SW taking in the view across Brighstone Down.
Fantastic site with good views - easy walk with free National Trust parking.
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Re: Long Stone (IOW) (Score: 1)
by Ailim on Tuesday, 09 September 2003
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I visited the Isle of Whight August 2003 and set out to find the longstone at Mottistone. The stone stands at the head of the downs, the landscape falling gently away inland. the paths up to the stone are steeper, covered in brush and woodland on the coast side. After getting abit lost and running up the hill I came abruptly upon the stone! I found the stone and its surroundings peaceful magical and never to be forgotten. Next day I drew the scene in my diary. Go see:) Ailim | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Long Stone (IOW) (Score: 1)
by Vicky on Tuesday, 20 July 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | | The 2004 edition of the "Isle of Wight Holiday News" newspaper contains a picture of adult walkers enjoying the Long Stone by climbing on it! | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Long Stone (IOW) (Score: 1)
by Vicky on Saturday, 24 July 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | Lovely pair of stones in a lovely location - the weather certainly helped. A yellowhammer used the main stone as a song post and we noticed that part of the main stone is hollo (perhaps due to a hidden crack).
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Re: Long Stone (IOW) (Score: 1)
by Lenny on Saturday, 28 August 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | | The Isle of wight was connected to the main land less than 10k years ago. What is now Spithead off the portsmouth coast was originaly the mouth of the river Itchen. So you could walk from Weymouth across to what is now Cowes. In fact if I remember right Marine archaeologists found the remains of human habitation in southampton water a number of years ago. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Long Stone (IOW) (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, 09 May 2008 | I used your SZ OS coordinates to find the Long Stone and it was not there! It was however at SZ 40719 84224 next to a hillfort, please adjust your coordinates. Many thanks.
PS this is a great site and helped me find many of the splendid sights to be seen on the Isle. Richard | [ Reply to This ]
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