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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Battle Stone (Kirknewton)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.584 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Kirknewton
Map Ref: NT92993038
Latitude: 55.567041N Longitude: 2.112714W
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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Anne T visited on 26th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Battle Stone, Kirknewton: This was our second unscheduled stop of the day, and one I was very pleased to have made.
Having turned off the A697 onto the B6351, just before the site of Ad Gefrin to the west, I spotted this stone on the OS map. Goodness knows how I’d missed it before, but then it’s a tiny little dot right on the edge of two maps we were using (OL16 and 339).
The stone is in a large field just under the shadow of Yeavering Bell, which glowed purple with the heather. There is a largish entrance to the field, hard-cored over, but the field was covered in ripening wheat. We could see the stone from afar and managed to follow the tractor path to about 8 metres away.
The stone had very different shapes, depending on what angle we viewed it at. Looking at the Historic England notes when we got back home, discovered that there are the remains of Old Yeavering Henge, which is preserved as a cropmark and lies 150m to the WNW, so it would be interesting to go back next spring, when the crop has been harvested and the field might be under grass.
We continued along the B6351 towards Kilham and Ring Chesters.
TimPrevett kelpie have visited here
Standing stone associated with a battle that took place in the area in 1415. It is thought to be of prehistoric date.
More information is at Pastscape Monument No. 3881 and Historic England List ID 1006562.
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2.9km E 84° West Akeld Steads Henge Henge (NT95883070)
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3.2km SE 126° Harehope Hill* Hillfort (NT956285)
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3.5km NE 55° Thirlings Ancient Village or Settlement (NT959324)
3.6km SSW 199° Yeavering Bell Stone Circle Stone Circle (NT918270)
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3.9km ESE 103° Bendor Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT9681929460)
4.2km N 5° Milfield South Henge (NT934346)
4.3km ESE 120° Humbleton Hill* Hillfort (NT9670628252)
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