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<< Our Photo Pages >> Long Stone (Minchinhampton) - Standing Stones in England in Gloucestershire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Stroud  Nearest Village: Minchinhampton
Map Ref: ST88359992  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.697903N  Longitude: 2.169962W
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.
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
5

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foz750 visited on 11th Dec 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Passing through the area we made a detour and were rewarded with this lovely stone, shrouded in mystery. Easy to access and worth a visit. Lots of the nooks and crannies are filled with coins and other offerings. The smaller fallen stone is easily found embedded in the dry stone wall.

lichen visited on 14th Jan 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

NickyD visited on 1st Nov 2013 - their rating: Access: 5

custer visited on 2nd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Recent wall work means it is clearly visible from the road. A gorgeous stone lovely penetrating holes add to the vision.

whitemere visited on 24th Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

madlookin visited on 31st Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 unfortunately....the surrounding area is due to be developed into a sports facility...if planning is allowed

4clydesdale7 visited on 30th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 So this stone is from 'The Devil's Churchyard' - it caused HRH to think again when a planning application she made failed because of it

TheWhiteRider visited on 20th Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2

TheCaptain TimPrevett Andy B hamish coin have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.29 Ambience: 3.71 Access: 4.29

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset 26/12/09 - an unplanned visit to a number of sites in the area. No maps - just a vague 1970s guidebook - took us a couple hours to locate this having gone from Minchinhampton via Hampton Fields to Tetbury to Avening missing the stone at first by a narrow margin. Having resigned ourselves to a long barrow this stone was spotted with just a few minutes before the sun went below the horizo... (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Long Stone is believed to be the closing slab from a burial chamber or portal dolmen. A smaller stone can be seen in the field wall appox 30m away. This may also have come from the same chambered tomb.

The stone is located on the Minchinhampton to Avening road about half a mile from Hollybush farm. It is set just off the road with easy access.

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Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by custer : Fabulous stoen lovely tranquil setting. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by hamish : This is the other stone which has the wall built round it, you can see the other side in Tim's photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset 26/12/09 - an unplanned visit to a number of sites in the area. No maps - just a vague 1970s guidebook - took us a couple hours to locate this having gone from Minchinhampton via Hampton Fields to Tetbury to Avening missing the stone at first by a narrow margin. Having resigned ourselves to a long barrow this stone was spotted with just a few minutes before the sun went below the horizo... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by selkie : Taken on 3rd January 2009. We actually found this stone by accident when searching for the 'Tingle Stone'! A nice location and we just caught the last of the golden sun rays. :) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by hamish : Explorer:-884001. This is on the Minchinhampton to Avening road about half a mile from Hollybush farm.A rather splendid holed stone set just off the road with easy access. (1 comment)

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Humbucker : Almost dark! The other. smoother side of The Minchinhampton Long Stone - looking towards the road.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Humbucker : The Minchinhampton Long Stone on a gloomy November day

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by JJ : A couple of photos of the Minchinhampton stone

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Bladup : The Minchinhampton Long Stone.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Bladup

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset 26/12/09 - an unplanned visit to a number of sites in the area. No maps - just a vague 1970s guidebook - took us a couple hours to locate this having gone from Minchinhampton via Hampton Fields to Tetbury to Avening missing the stone at first by a narrow margin. Having resigned ourselves to a long barrow this stone was spotted with just a few minutes before the sun went below the horizo...

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TimPrevett

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by enkidu41 : ST 884999 A 7'6" high stone pierced with 2 large holes and several smaller ones all due to weathering. Together with a smaller stone set in a wall 30' away it was probably part of a burial chamber destroyed in the 19th century.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by traveller : (1 comment)

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by foz750 : On a visit from France we took a detour from our route to see this wonderful stone

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Postman : The Long Stone in it's little enclosure

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Postman : Holey stones Postman

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Postman : Last May, sneakin' about the countryside

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Postman : I can see right through you.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Postman : The Tingle stone has been on the list such a long time it would be crass not come back here.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Postman : 14:23 pm. 29th May 2020.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by Humbucker : The smaller stone built into the drystone wall.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TheCaptain : A lovely stone this, stood just in the field to the north of the road around Gatcombe Park. The stone has several holes right through it.

Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TheCaptain

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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by Andy B on Sunday, 12 March 2023
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Graham Thomas writes: here is Rudder’s description of the Long Stone taken from his history of Glos published in 1779. Note how the stone’s history is linked to the supposed Danish battles that happened in the area.

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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by TheCaptain on Sunday, 13 September 2015
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Passing here today and I noticed that this lovely stone was now in a little fenced off bit at the corner of the field, rather than just being in the field. If nothing else, it should help protect it from farm animals and ploughs a bit more.
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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by Anonymous on Friday, 02 September 2011
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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 30 May 2011
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If you enjoy a little folklore (not the story about curing Rickets) look up http://www.twistedtree.org.uk and read about 'The Devil's Churchyard' - you are not going to believe this but folklore has it that the stone (1) wanders around the field when churchbells strike 12 o'clock AND (2) it is supposedly haunted by a former owner of Gatcombe Park on a horse!!! Well well tell that one to your children/grandchildren
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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 12 January 2010
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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by Selkie on Saturday, 07 March 2009
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Condition: 3
Ambience: 3
Access: 4
Accuracy: 0
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Re: Long Stone (Minchinhampton) by oldlongdog on Monday, 18 June 2007
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What is the evidence for this being part of a destroyed burial chamber versus being a surviving standing stone? Has it ever been excavated? And how does it relate to the nearby Tingle Stone?
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