<< Our Photo Pages >> The Wimblestone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The WimblestoneCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Weston-super-Mare Nearest Village: Star
Map Ref: ST43355848 Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.322588N Longitude: 2.814348W
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 22nd Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 easy access through a field
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The Wimblestone is described by D.P.Dobson in his book The Archaeology of the County of Somerset published in 1931. Located near the Ship Inn, Dobson describes it as being ‘5 feet high, by 5 feet 5 inches wide at the base, where it is 1 foot 5 inches thick’, but interestingly he makes no reference to the hole. He also refers to five large pieces of conglomerate close by and in the same field three other fairly large stones with a stony ridge leading up to them.
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