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<< Our Photo Pages >> Standon Puddingstone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Hertfordshire

Submitted by Thorgrim on Friday, 15 August 2003  Page Views: 16939

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Standon Puddingstone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hertfordshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Standon
Map Ref: TL390224  Landranger Map Number: 166
Latitude: 51.882842N  Longitude: 0.018113E
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.
 5 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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Standon Puddingstone
Standon Puddingstone submitted by Thorgrim : Standon puddingstone, Hertfordshire. TL390224. So you thought that we had no megaliths in Hertfordshire! This giant puddingstone (conglomerate glacial erratic) is naturally Goddess shaped and is set up at a crossroad leadind to a river crossing. It is the focus of Standon's May Day festivals every year. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standon puddingstone, Hertfordshire. TL390224. So you thought that we had no megaliths in Hertfordshire! This giant puddingstone (conglomerate glacial erratic) is naturally Goddess shaped and is set up at a crossroad leadind to a river crossing.

It is the focus of Standon's May Day festivals every year.
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Standon Puddingstone
Standon Puddingstone submitted by paulwilliams : (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Standon Puddingstone
Standon Puddingstone submitted by Thorgrim : The standing puddingstone at Standon has an uncanny resemblance to palaeolithic venus figurines. TL3902224. See article on the Sacred Stones of Essex (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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TL3922 : Barwick Road meets the A120 by Robin Webster
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TL3922 : A120 road at Standon by Malc McDonald
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TL3922 : Country lane near Standon by Malc McDonald
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TL3822 : Sadlier Road, Standon by Malc McDonald
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TL3922 : Standon Ford, Paper Mill Lane by John Webb
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Re: Standon Puddingstone by Anonymous on Saturday, 12 May 2007
the pudding stoone at standon was originally positioned along stain street on a hill hence the name standon eg stone hill in anglo saxon . ps great site by the way.Mark Brownless
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Re: Standon Puddingstone by Anonymous on Saturday, 28 October 2006
The puddingstone is not a glacial erratic as this type is native to Hertfordshire and formed in water. It is a conglomerate rock, comprised of flint and rounded pebbles (rounded because of the water) and bonded together, later in time, in a matirx of silica.
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Re: Standon Puddingstone by paulwilliams on Monday, 01 November 2004
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In Foyle's War on ITV 24/10/04, they were supposed to be in Hampshire, when suddenly by a rather fake old telephone box this standing stone in Hertfordshire appears, they did pan right and the building over the road next to the church confirmed it location.

paul
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    Re: Standon Puddingstone by Thorgrim on Monday, 01 November 2004
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    Well spotted - I did a double take too and wondered about the phone box. Lovely old stone - high time it had a television series of its own.
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Re: Standon Puddingstone by Anonymous on Friday, 24 October 2003
I don't know who told you that the pudding stone in Standon is the focus of May Day celebrations each year -- the May Day dancing occurs much further down the High Street, and doesn't go near the pudding stone! When the school used to be across the road from the stone, the procession of dancers passed it, but I am afraid no one took any notice of the stone! In fact then it was regarded as a horse mounting block! Sorry to rain on the parade!
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    Re: Standon Puddingstone by Anonymous on Friday, 24 October 2003
    Not so! Not when I was there anyway. The stone was garlanded and the procession assembled by it and set off from it. So there!
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    Re: Standon Puddingstone by Anonymous on Wednesday, 13 May 2009
    hahahaha silly person loads of people look at it!
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