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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Horestone (Lower Swell) Alternative Name: The Hoar Stone, The Hore Stone
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stow-on-the-Wold  Nearest Village: Lower Swell
Map Ref: SP170249  Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.922365N  Longitude: 1.754211W
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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The Horestone (Lower Swell)
The Horestone (Lower Swell) submitted by baz : The Horestone, near Lower Swell, stands in a large arable field and is difficult to see when there is a crop growing. GPS: SP 17023 24893 (Vote or comment on this photo)
In a field near Lower Swell Gloucestershire (SP 170249) there is a single standing stone known locally as the Hoar Stone which may once have been part of a burial chamber.
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The Horestone (Lower Swell)
The Horestone (Lower Swell) submitted by sue : The Hoar Stone, Lower Swell, Gloucestershire. SP170248 (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Horestone (Lower Swell)
The Horestone (Lower Swell) submitted by Bladup : The Horestone (Lower Swell). (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Horestone (Lower Swell)
The Horestone (Lower Swell) submitted by thecaptain : The Horestone stands in a field to the southwest of the village of Lower Swell. Almost certainly once part of a burial chamber from within a longbarrow, it's about 2 metres long, less than a metre in height and varies in thickness. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Horestone (Lower Swell)
The Horestone (Lower Swell) submitted by thecaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP1625 : B4068 heading east by JThomas
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SP1625 : Grazing near Lower Swell by JThomas
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SP1725 : Start of bridleway by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
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SP1725 : Bridleway crosses drive by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
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SP1725 : Track towards dairy farm, Lower Swell by Liz Stone
by Liz Stone
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Re: The Horestone (Lower Swell) by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 10 January 2007
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The Horestone can be seen standing in a field to the southwest of the village of Lower Swell. When I visited on New Years day 2007, the field was fallow, so I was able to go in and look at the stone properly.

It's about 2 metres long. less than a metre in height and varies in thickness. Its a very interesting stone with all sorts of patterns and other bits of stone etc within it. Almost certainly once part of a burial chamber from within a longbarrow I would think.
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