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Multi-periodSite Name: Valley of Stones quarryCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Littlebredy
Map Ref: SY59708788 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.689166N Longitude: 2.571868W
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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According to Natural England information the site, "is considered to be one of the finest examples of a Sarsen stone boulder train in Great Britain. Freeze/thaw conditions at the end of the last ice age caused sandstone on top of the nearby chalk hilltops to fragment and slump downhill. The site is not only of natural interest and geological interest but of historic interest too with links to megalithic times."
Note: A team of archaeologists has discovered a rare rock used to make tools in the Stone Age. The "polishing boulder", found in the Valley of the Stones near Dorchester, would have been used to make stone axe heads more than 5,000 years ago. See article on BBC Dorset
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