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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wishing StoneCountry: 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:
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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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 CD-ROM.
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