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Submitted by Thorgrim on Wednesday, 12 January 2005 Page Views: 5971

Natural PlacesSite Name: Widdington Puddingstone
Country: England County: Essex Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Saffron Walden Nearest Village: Widdington
Map Ref: TL532322
Latitude: 51.967168N Longitude: 0.228621E
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 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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 Accuracy:

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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**Widdington Puddingstone** submitted by Thorgrim : Puddingstone and sarsen boulders are rare and special in Essex and Hertfordshire where the only other stone is flint and chalk. Sometimes the puddingstones and sarsens have been erected at junctions of tracks and lanes as at Widdington. Elsewhere, they can be found to mark safe pathways across marshes and at fords across rivers. They are not at all common and can sometimes be found in old churchy... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Natural Stone / Glacial Erratic in Essex

Puddingstone erected as a standing stone and placed at the junction of three lanes as at Ugley Green and Standon.
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