<< Our Photo Pages >> Hunstanworth Moor south - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in County Durham
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hunstanworth Moor southCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 7.302 km away from the location you searched for.
County: County Durham Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stanhope Nearest Village: Townfield
Map Ref: NY9377745971
Latitude: 54.808565N Longitude: 2.098343W
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 |
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Anne T visited on 28th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Hunstanworth Moor South, Near Townhead: This stone is marked on the OS Map as ‘stone’, and was easily found, although it seems like a tall boundary marker along the road from Townhead to Rookhope. As we drove along the road, we passed the northern boundary stone (see below), which isn’t marked on the map and was unexpected.
Haven’t been able to find out anything about these – not even a photograph on Geograph, as Andy Curtis has usually been out and about photographing all these places before us.
We backtracked to photograph the northern boundary stone on our way back to see the remains of the Edmundbyers Cross. I was impressed by all the now disused lead mining buildings and spoil heaps around here. It must have really busy in the not so distant past.
They're on the right hand side of the road as you travel northwest towards Townfield. They're about quarter of a mile apart, and I think intervisible. Bolt's Law hill rises behind them - they're edge-on to it. They're four-to-five feet tall and heavily covered with lichen. I can't see any surface marks or carvings. The first stone inclines sharply, the second is upright.
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