<< Our Photo Pages >> Coffin Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Kent
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Coffin StoneCountry: England County: Kent Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Maidstone Nearest Village: Aylesford
Map Ref: TQ74016059 Landranger Map Number: 178
Latitude: 51.317806N Longitude: 0.495659E
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 |
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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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The following was extracted from the now defunct site "Kent in Kaos"
The Coffin Stone lies in a field about 400m to the northwest of the countless stones.
It is a large rectangular stone, with dimensions of approximately 4.4m x 2.8m x 0.5m, and lies flat like a tombstone. In 1836 farmers lifted it and found two human skulls underneath. It is thought that the stone marks the chamber of a long-barrow, as the outline of a mound can still be seen.
Nearby lie two much smaller stones and in 1980 the farmer placed another sarsen on top of the Coffin Stone.
This is one of the Medway Megaliths.
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