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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wishing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Saturday, 14 August 2004  Page Views: 7448

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wishing Stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.484 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Leicester  Nearest Village: Newton Lindford
Map Ref: SK523009
Latitude: 52.603377N  Longitude: 1.229195W
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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Wishing Stone
Wishing Stone submitted by enkidu41 : Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Leicestershire and Rutland.
A natural boulder in Bradgate Park about half-way between the Newton Lindford car park and the ruins at Bradgate.

Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive
Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland
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