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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Wergin's Stone
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Hereford Nearest Village: Sutton St Nicholas
Map Ref: SO5297543981
Latitude: 52.092165N Longitude: 2.687799W
Condition:

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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
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3 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
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
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1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
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The Wergin's Stone is a standing stone in a field near the River Lugg in Herefordshire. It is not easy to actually approach as the land is private but can be seen from the road between Sutton St Nicholas and Shelwick Green. There is a rather disfiguring tubular metal fence around the stone.

It was recorded that on Wednesday 16th February 1642 an extraordinarily strong wind dragged the upright Wergins Stone 120 yards away, making an 18" dent in the ground the whole distance, and carried the base stone 440 yards away through the air and a satanic black dog was seen running before one of the stones.

The reference to stones, in the plural, tends to reinforce an old story, recorded by Daniel Defoe, that there were two stones there in the 18th century.
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SO5243 : The Wergin's Stone by Jonathan Billinger — by Jonathan Billinger
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SO5243 : Wergin's Stone by Pauline E — by Pauline E
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SO5243 : Road to Sutton St Nicholas by Pauline E — by Pauline E
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SO5243 : Old Bridge Marker in Sutton parish by Roadside Relics — by Roadside Relics
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SO5243 : Field edge near Wergin's Stone by Jonathan Billinger — by Jonathan Billinger
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