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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Humber Stone Alternative Name: Hoston, Hell Stone, Holy StoneCountry: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Leicester
Map Ref: SK6241607095
Latitude: 52.657995N Longitude: 1.078677W
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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Standing Stone in Leicestershire. Now generally referred to as The Humber Stone (rather than the various alternatives found in old records) this may be an incorrect renaming because of the nearby eponymous village.
The construction of a dual carriageway in the 1990s to serve the new development on the 'deserted' village of Hamilton has resulted in the stone being near a roundabout, surrounded by a tarmac path within a wooden fence.
Although a very substantial monolith, little can be seen as the stone is now mostly buried (even though it was partially exposed in July 2000). Until at least 1750 it stood in an artificial hollow, being about nine feet high. The broadest side faces north. It is made of a granitic rock that may have been moved, in part at least, by glacial action.
The stone stands well away from the village, towards the top of a hill with clear views to the west.
Description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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