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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rother L. Harris Reservoir Stone Alternative Name: 1Ra28, Nelson's BendCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 53.072 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Birmingham, AL Nearest Village: Wedowee, AL
Latitude: 33.310000N Longitude: 85.49W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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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 |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Randolf County, Alabama.
Made of local schist, this irregular upright slab has an above ground height of approximately 6 feet. The structure is located on a tallus slope at Nelson's Bend of the Little Tallapoosa River, now part of the Rother L. Harris Reservoir.
Described by Knight in 1975, there are other recumbent stones nearby that may have also stood at one time. Hubbert and Wright (1987) recorded a radio carbon date of 1150 AD (+/-70) associated with this stone, which lies close by a rockshelter and a stone fishing weir.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The location given is for a nearby village and should not be used for locating the site. The location will be updated when possible.
[Source: Donald B. Ball and John C. Waggoner, Jr., "Megaliths in the Upland South: Imposing Stones of Uncertain Function," (PDF) Journal of Alabama Archaeology, Vol 56, No. I, 2010.]
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