<< Our Photo Pages >> Compton Bishop - Standing Stones in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Compton Bishop Alternative Name: The Devil's Stone, Stone at CrossCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Weston super Mare Nearest Village: Compton Bishop
Map Ref: ST409548 Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.289252N Longitude: 2.848892W
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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philw visited on 26th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3
NickyD visited on 5th Apr 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
The accuracy of the shape is startling and ties-in with the Wook’s Quoit correspondence, suggesting that there was a deliberate acknowledgement of the hill by the megalith builders.
If you are coming from Axbridge to the A38, take the road to Cross and follow until you come to a junction on the left. About 100 metres after this is a field gate, the stone is in this field.
If you look towards Shute Shelve you can see more stones, I don't know what they are but they warrant investigation.
Additional information from Phil Quinn, The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, in 3rd Stone Issue 25 (Spring 1997) page 15.
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Note: I have added some more stones identified in The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip Phil Quinn, from 3rd Stone Issue 25 (Spring 1997).
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