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South Baddesley Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir

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This is intriguing; I wonder if someone local can check it out. The excellent ‘Hampshire Treasures’ resource gives just the following information – “Monolithic Stone - Moved to roadside during road making operations”.

It’s in South Baddesley, which is part of Boldre parish - the "Bouvre" of the Domesday Book (1086). The parish contains evidence of habitation during the Stone Age - implements; Bronze Age - barrows; and in Roman times - coins found at Norley wood. 		pure joy Posted by pure joy
26th July 2003ce

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The stone was indeed moved to the side of the road and can still be seen.

Baddesley is probably a corruption of "Baeddi's leah" meaning Baeddi's forest clearing, as opposed to North Baddesley which is a corruption of Bede's Leigh, since there is a connection with the famous Saxon monk Bede. 		MartinStraw Posted by MartinStraw
2nd July 2009ce
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