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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Parkstone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.792 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Poole  Nearest Village: Parkstone
Map Ref: SZ050922  Landranger Map Number: 195
Latitude: 50.729398N  Longitude: 1.930522W
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
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 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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SZ0592 : Parkstone: Bob Hann House by Chris Downer
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Re: Parkstone by Anonymous on Tuesday, 23 March 2021
I am a historian of medieval parks and I think ''Parkstone'' is a corruption of ''parks heorn'', old English for ''Park corner'' (as in ''Hern the hunter'').
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Re: Parkstone by frogcottage42 on Thursday, 10 March 2011
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I spent the four happiest years of my childhood living in Parkstone and explored every inch of the place between 1970 and 1974 including all the storm drains and disused gas works and railway sites. I never saw any standing stones and would say that almost every inch of the area from Bournemouth to Poole had been extensively developed in the Victorian period.
There were some apparently mediaeval boundary markers in Poole town and some near to Rockly Sands but none in Parkstone.
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Re: Parkstone by Gedv1 on Wednesday, 09 March 2011
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The coordinates lead to a Victorian library which is now a converted
block of retirement flats. If there was a stone at this point it was maybe
combined into the fabric of the building or completely removed as it is not
visible on the exterior. I spoke to a next door neighbour, who, although
having lived here for 50 years, has never heard of such a stone, or indeed
even a boundary stone/marker here. Calling upon another gentleman who has lived his entire life in this street, he also has never heard of such a
stone.

Further research has also drawn a blank, and there is no reference to such a
stone in the history of Parkstone, despite the village name. However,
looking at the geography of the site, it is not unlikely ( but more a
whimsical thought really ) that a stone stood here historically, as the
roads drop away immediately eastwards away from the old library building
looking towards the common land of Bourne Valley and Talbot Heath upon which
there are several tumuli, viz, Fern Barrow and two further unnamed barrows.
Before the 19th century building expansion under which the village of
Parkstone came into existence, previouly being a part of the Canford estate, these tumuli
may well have been visible from this spot, and further, also others now lost in
the general horribleness of this drab part of the modern town.
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    Re: Parkstone by Andy B on Thursday, 10 March 2011
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    Thanks for the excellent bit of research on this one. This 'stone' has been puzzling me for ages. Unfortunately the source of the information about this supposed stone and how it was posted here is lost. Vicky's posts were always reliable and well sourced but we're not in touch with her any more sadly. At the moment it's a mystery so thanks for shedding some light.
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    Re: Parkstone by Anonymous on Friday, 06 April 2012
    Hullo Gedv1

    I came across your remarks re. Parkstone whilst browsing and must reply to your comments about the Park stone. Firstly I must correct you regarding the Victorian Library Yes the site is a block retirement flats built c. 15 years ago on the site of the new library (Now demolished) The original library on the site was built and donated by Andrew Carnegie in 1901 That was destroyed by fire in the 1960's

    Yes. a Stone does exist and can be located in the grounds at the rear of the flats in some undergrowth together with part of the date on the frontispiece of the old Library. The weight of the stone has been estimated to weigh half a ton

    The verbal history of the stone is a fable and was in fact dug from the ground at Constitution Hill Upper Parkstone when the sewers were being laid at the latter end of the 1890's

    I cannot divulge too much information Because at the moment I am writing the history of Bourne Valley and Branksome

    My family moved into this area in 1870 I am living in the house that my grandfather moved to in 1909 which is just a stones throw from away from the buildings in question
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      Re: Parkstone by Anonymous on Wednesday, 29 May 2024
      You are correct, the Parkstone Stone is in front of a large tree, covered by grass and weeds, in the garden of Clark Court, Library Road, easily accessible, walk through the car park, the tree is at the far end on your left. (I've just found two photos on my old camera, I should get developed)
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