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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carreg y Big (Shropshire)Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Oswestry Nearest Village: Selattyn
Map Ref: SJ25623288
Latitude: 52.888209N Longitude: 3.106901W
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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The stone is on a south facing slope, leaning to the west, at the meeting of three boundaries - a fine example of a hoarstone, or boundary stone. The stone is carboniferous limestone, and 6 feet tall by 4 by 3 approx. There is packing around the base - made visible by rubbing from livestock, and some large fragments just on the field line near the stone.
Access is within a stone's throw of a footpath across the same field, and considerate parking to access the path is on a road just to the east, less than 5 minutes walk.
The archaeology guidebook to Shropshire, and National Monuments Record date the stone to the Bronze Age, but the interpretive sign at nearby Selattyn Hill dates the stone to the Saxons.
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