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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wool Road Sarsen StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Wareham Nearest Village: Bere Regis
Map Ref: SY8467394244 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.747594N Longitude: 2.21861W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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Standing Stone in Dorset
Bere Regis Sarsen is situated just by Wool Rd, at SY847943, lying on a small bank outside Bere Regis County School. It is triangular in shape, and approx 4.5ft x 5ft appearing to be limestone/quartzite. It is possibly a marker.
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