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<< Our Photo Pages >> Oldbury Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by theCaptain on Thursday, 26 September 2019  Page Views: 6227

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Oldbury Standing Stone
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Thornbury  Nearest Village: Oldbury-on-Severn
Map Ref: ST61169234
Latitude: 51.628524N  Longitude: 2.562514W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 3rd Jun 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Went for a look for this stone on a hot sunny June afternoon as part of a walk around Oldbury. Despite being 99% sure where it was to be found, I initially didn't find it as it was totally overgrown, and not under the new footpath gate, but an old wooden bit of fence to the side. With a bit of trampling on the long grass, I got to see the whole stone. Great to see it, it would be a splendid standing stone.

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by christymko : The Oldbury Standing Stone was thought to have been lost, if not destroyed, but investigations by christymko have uncovered this 11 foot long beauty. "I was told many years ago by Mary Bruton, an eccentric and highly intelligent artistic lady who was born in Oldbury that it had been laid flat and used as a hard surface under the stile next to the bridge over the Rhine at Priest’s Gout. I e... (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Oldbury Standing Stone was thought to have been lost, if not destroyed, but investigations by christymko have uncovered this 11 foot long beauty. See comments for details.

Position of a once 8ft tall standing stone, last recorded in 1953 as being used as a stone crossing of one of the tributary streams into the Oldbury Naite Rhine (pronounced Reen), to the east of the Anchor Pub.

So, on a warm sunny afternoon, I went for a good look, but found nothing to match the description. In fact, at some time in the past (since 1953) a whole load of drainage, seawall flood protection work has been done, which now contains the Oldbury Naite Rhine within substantial banks, with any of its little tributaries in the area now in underground culverts emptying through flap doors into the Rhine. The height of the banking is now well above what it would have been.

In a couple of places, away from the modern banks, it is possible to make out what might once have been tributary ditches, but these are now well hidden withn hedges, and all trackways have large new concrete bridges over anything that may get wet. Perhaps somewhere underneath it all is the old stone, or perhaps it has been broken up and now used at the edges of the roads to stop people parking on the verges. Certainly, I dont think there is anything left to be seen.

From Pastscape: " ST 61169234. A large stone, formerly erect, 8 ft long, 1 ft broad and 2 ft thick, now lies across a small stream feeding Oldbury Naite Rhine." (E K Tratman 14 11 1953)

Note: The Oldbury Standing Stone was thought to have been lost, if not destroyed, but investigations by christymko have uncovered this 11 foot long beauty. See comments for details.
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Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by christymko  : The Oldbury Standing Stone was thought to have been lost, if not destroyed, but investigations by christymko have uncovered this 11 foot long beauty. "I was told many years ago by Mary Bruton, an eccentric and highly intelligent artistic lady who was born in Oldbury that it had been laid flat and used as a hard surface under the stile next to the bridge over the Rhine at Priest’s Gout. I e... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by dooclay : This does not show the mennhir but its the view you get if you cross the bridge over the rhyne from Chapel Road. The metal stile and wooden fence are just right of you and in front. The stone is recumbent behind the wooden fence/stile. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain : I went for a look for this stone on a hot sunny June afternoon as part of a walk around Oldbury. Despite being 99% sure where it was to be found, I initially didn't find it as it was totally overgrown, and not under the new footpath gate, but an old wooden bit of fence to the side. With a bit of trampling on the long grass, I got to see the whole stone. Great to see it, it would be a splendid stan... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain

Oldbury Standing Stone
Oldbury Standing Stone submitted by TheCaptain : On a warm sunny afternoon, I went for a good look for this, but found nothing to match the description. In fact, at some time in the past (since 1953) a whole load of drainage and seawall flood protection work has been done, which now contains the Oldbury Naite Rhine within substantial banks, with any of its little tributaries in the area now in underground culverts emptying through flap doors int...

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Re: Oldbury Standing Stone by Hairy on Monday, 19 February 2024
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Still there today (19/2/24).
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Re: Oldbury Standing Stone by stonetramp on Friday, 27 September 2019
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Ah, now I see it in the comments.
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Re: Oldbury Standing Stone by stonetramp on Friday, 27 September 2019
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Wonderful that this stone was found, but why is there no story about how he found it?
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Re: Oldbury Standing Stone by johndhunter on Friday, 27 September 2019
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This is fascinating, is is known where it might have stood when erect , old OS maps don’t indicate any stones in the Priest's Gout area, so it was probably already being used as a bridge before the first mapping took place.
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Re: Oldbury Standing Stone by Anonymous on Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Hi,
I’m really excited to have randomly found your site as I know the location of the lost standing stone at Oldbury-on-Severn which I was really surprised to see mentioned.

I was told many years ago by Mary Bruton, an eccentric and highly intelligent artistic lady who was born in Oldbury that it had been laid flat and used as a hard surface under the stile next to the bridge over the Rhine at Priest’s Gout. I edit the local community magazine '4ward' and by chance there have been a couple of references lately to Priest’s Gout - the name of the old bridge over the Rhine so I before writing a little article about the stone I checked if it was still there and was amazed to see it just visible underneath debris under the old footpath gate ( recently replaced with a brand new kissing gate off to the side ) . Well , I mentioned this in the local pub last night and today a builder friend of mine went to take a look .

He did more than look , he took dimensions - the stone is 11 feet long, 22 inches broad and 10 inches deep so quite a stone! The first thing my builder friend said was it looked like a bridge so I was fascinated to read on your site that it was in fact used as a bridge , probably for centuries. Could that have been its purpose all along ?
Christabelle
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    Re: Oldbury Standing Stone by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 25 September 2019
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    That is excellent. I'll have to pop out for another look sometime
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