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<< Our Photo Pages >> Broad Stone (Dorset) - Stone Circle in England in Dorset

Submitted by juamei on Monday, 10 May 2004  Page Views: 15397

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Broad Stone (Dorset) Alternative Name: Broadstone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Winterbourne Abbas
Map Ref: SY59539040  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.711815N  Longitude: 2.574551W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by hamish : This is from the other side, you can see the lay by about 100mtrs down the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Broadstone is to be found flat, almost buried on the verge of the A35 next to the AA layby. It was apparently laid flat to avoid accidents (ie careless drviers hitting it...)

I've been here a couple of times now, the stone in the first picture here is not the actual broadstone but one of another two stones believed to be part of a circle also including the actual broadstone.
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Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by bec-zog : The Broadstone "Circle". @SY596.904. Most likely the remnant of a cairn- circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by juamei : The Broadstone in all its abused glory. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by Bladup : Broad Stone (Dorset) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by mattimpey : I've passed it so many times I thought I should actually stop and have a look at the remains of Broad Stone Circle (& Sarsen) on the A35. And I cleaned it up only a tiny bit, which seems to be the done thing. The layby is easy to find, shortly after the Nine Stones Circle but the A35 is a deathtrap so drive carefully (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TheCaptain : Some of us mega Portal admins met up for lunch and a chat in Dorset today. And despite the apalling weather, we made the effort out of the pub to check out a few old things. Here we are at the poor old Broadstone. Poor abused thing. We tidied it up a bit, making sure it doesn't become comletely buried. (6 comments)

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by hamish : Behind the layby in the field is this large sarsen stone, it is surmised that this may have been part of a Stone Circle which would have included the Broad Stone.

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by hamish : There used to be an AA box in the layby near here,not so easy to find now, go too fast you miss it. Quite a Stone in Stuckley's time but now laid flat. I had to do a bit of clearing rubbish off the Stone. It is sad to see it like this.

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TimPrevett : A close up of the Broad Stone adjacent the perilous road, looking west towards Poor Lot.

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TimPrevett : A barrow above the one stone in a field near the layby, to the south.

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TimPrevett : Look anywhere in this area, and you'll see barrows... on the western horizon here are two barrows of the Poor Lot group.

Broad Stone (Dorset)
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TimPrevett : The now levelled Broadstone, with rods to give a sense of its dimensions. A jest was made that it had already suffered enough without the Christianisation imposed upon it. Mind that there road...

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Re: Broad Stone (Dorset) by Anonymous on Sunday, 13 February 2022
I have been to the site to look for the stone in the field to the south of the lay by but could t find it (? Remnant of broad stone circle) surely it hasn’t been removed does anyone know?
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Re: Broad Stone by Anonymous on Sunday, 28 October 2012
I used my megalith sat nav app to 'find' the Broad stone. When I got really really upset at not finding it I realised I was standing on it.
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Re: Broad Stone by bec-zog on Thursday, 20 November 2003
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Visited the Broad Stone site, whilst risking life and limb with mad traffic.
A Photo of the remains of this site has been sent to the editorial team Oct 2003.
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