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<< Text Pages >> Desford Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Saturday, 14 August 2004  Page Views: 7035

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Desford Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.249 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Leicester  Nearest Village: Desford
Map Ref: SK478034
Latitude: 52.626263N  Longitude: 1.295274W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Standing Stone in Leicestershire and Rutland.
This recumbent boulder of gritty sandstone is just under 3' long and lies to the western edge of the churchyard of St. Martin's Church in Desford.

Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive
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Desford Stone
Desford Stone submitted by enkidu41 : Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his <a href="http://www.hoap.co.uk/localhis.htm#ILKLR">Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland</a> CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Desford Stone
Desford Stone submitted by littlemark : Photo taken late 1980s (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK4703 : Main Street, Desford by Mat Fascione
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SK4703 : St Martin's Church at Desford by Mat Fascione
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SK4703 : St. Martin's Church, Desford by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
©2007(licence)
SK4703 : War Memorial, Desford by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
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SK4703 : Desford Village centre by Mat Fascione
by Mat Fascione
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