<< Our Photo Pages >> Fiddler's Hill (Wiltshire) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Wiltshire
Submitted by hamish on Thursday, 07 May 2009 Page Views: 7998
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fiddler's Hill (Wiltshire)Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Swindon Nearest Village: Broad Hinton
Map Ref: SU117757
Latitude: 51.480138N Longitude: 1.832913W
Condition:
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
attlebax myf hamish have visited here
Drive up the A4361 from Avebury, at the Broad Hinton cross road turn right for Hackpen Hill. About 1km on the left park in the small run in. the Stone is about 10 mtrs along the path.
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