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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Goggleby StoneCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Shap
Map Ref: NY5592215093 Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.529188N Longitude: 2.682603W
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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TheCaptain visited on 19th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 i drive through Shap and up the lanes to the northwest, finding somewhere to park, then just a little walk to the Goggleby Stone. Slightly disappointed to find it not so large as I had been thinking, and also very crudely concreted into the ground.
SandyG visited on 8th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
trystan_hughes visited on 15th Apr 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Anne T visited on 28th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 After failing to park along the narrow lanes around Keld, to see various stones in Shap Row, we finally parked outside the Fire Station on the A6 running through Shap, and followed the footpaths westward to the Googleby Stone and the partially toppled stone in Asper's Field.
This is a short walk, with a couple of stiles to cross, but easy enough.
I was impressed by the size of this stone, although we could discern no cup or ring marks anywhere on it.
I was a bit disappointed to see this stone had been concreted into place to keep it upright!
MAIGO NickyD have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 4
It is a little disconcerting to find the stone has been concreted into place to keep it upright, but it is nice to see the stone as it would have been, rather than lying on the ground.
Update November 2019: To see how this stone fits into the Shap Alignment, see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Shap Avenue, which includes a description, a plan of the alignment (adapted from a plan by Clare T (1978), photographs of the stones, access information and list of online resources for more information.
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