<< Our Photo Pages >> Blandford Forum Stones - Standing Stones in England in Dorset
Submitted by attlebax on Saturday, 06 December 2003 Page Views: 12811
Date UncertainSite Name: Blandford Forum StonesCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum
Map Ref: ST884058 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.851599N Longitude: 2.166153W
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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attlebax visited on 3rd Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Easy enough to find, but also easy to walk by. On West Street. The local Tourist Board did not know they were there, despite the fact they were within 100 metres of their office. One stone is beside the bridge at the rear of the recycle bins (as mentioned in a previous posting). The others (again as per the posting) are along the road on Dorchester Hill near a roundabout in some trees.
To my knowledge two stones still exist. there is a large stone in a shaded knoll directly opposite bryanston school gates,on the left of the road coming in from the brewery (poole). there is another laying directly next to the bridge on the left as you head out of town,best accessed by having a snoop around the back of the re-cycling bins in the ham (safeways) carpark. I visit blandford regularly still and will endeavor to take some shots.
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