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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Devil's Stone (Dorset)Country: England County: Dorset Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum Nearest Village: Bere Regis
Map Ref: SY837941 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.746272N Longitude: 2.232395W
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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The Devil’s Stone, on the summit of Black Hill near to Bere Regis in Dorset.
It took some time to find this one, as you can see the hedge has grown rather a lot since Peter Knight reported it in “Ancient Stones of Dorset”. He describes it as a Heathstone Monolith, utilised by the Romans as a marker, lying close to a Roman Rd on the summit of Black Hill.
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