<< Our Photo Pages >> West Anstey Long Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Devon
Submitted by thecaptain on Friday, 16 March 2007 Page Views: 11081
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Anstey Long StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.92 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Dulverton Nearest Village: Hawkridge
Map Ref: SS84932942 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.052562N Longitude: 3.643115W
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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bishop_pam visited on 27th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain mdensham have visited here
The best way to find this stone is to walk to the top of the little valley which runs to the north into Dane’s Brook, with woodland on its western side, and there it is, right at the head of the valley. Despite being difficult to see from above, the stone is probably very prominent when seen from the valley below.
The stone seems to be a sort of slate type rock, about 4 feet high, 1 foot wide and 6 inches thick, with its wide sides facing east/west, while its thin profile looks straight down into the steep little valley to the north.
I have no doubt that this stone was placed here for some very significant reason for people living down in the valley below.
Note: Several new pictures just in of this splendid, but hardly known, Exmoor longstone.
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