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<< Our Photo Pages >> Devil's Stone (Dorset) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Dorset

Submitted by traveller on Sunday, 07 March 2004  Page Views: 13273

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Devil's Stone (Dorset)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum  Nearest Village: Bere Regis
Map Ref: SY837941  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.746272N  Longitude: 2.232395W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
3

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Devil's Stone
Devil's Stone submitted by traveller : The Devil’s Stone, the second stone near to Bere Regis. SY 837941. It took some time to find this one, as you can see the hedge has grown rather a lot since Peter Knight reported it in “Ancient Stones of Dorset”. He describes it as a Heathstone Monolith, utilised by the Romans as a marker, lying close to a Roman Rd on the summit of Black Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Devil’s Stone, on the summit of Black Hill near to Bere Regis in Dorset.

It took some time to find this one, as you can see the hedge has grown rather a lot since Peter Knight reported it in “Ancient Stones of Dorset”. He describes it as a Heathstone Monolith, utilised by the Romans as a marker, lying close to a Roman Rd on the summit of Black Hill.
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SY8394 : Tumulus, Black Hill by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
©2012(licence)
SY8394 : Boundary Stone, Black Hill by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
©2012(licence)
SY8394 : Black Hill by David Squire
by David Squire
©2006(licence)
SY8494 : Bere Regis, heathland by Mike Faherty
by Mike Faherty
©2013(licence)
SY8493 : Black Hill, hillside by Mike Faherty
by Mike Faherty
©2009(licence)

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Re: Devil's Stone (Dorset) by paintwalk on Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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I used to live near this stone in Bere Regis and after reading this i went back to see it. The information was right but the photo looked wrong. I couldn't find the stone shown in the article photo but I could find the one i remembered below.

This might mean there are two or more megaliths here. The megalith shown below is situated on the north west of the quarry very near an irregular line of three bronze age barrows.

The Devils Stone Bere Regis (paintwalk)

This is a picture of the megalith taken in July 2017
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