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The Cow Stone Standing Stone / Menhir Image © Chris Bickerton Also known as: Dead Cow Nearest Town: Montgomery (9km WSW) OS Ref (GB):     SO309989 / Sheet: 137 Latitude: 52° 34' 59.1" N Longitude:     3° 1' 11.87" W Added by baza Images (7) Fieldnotes (1) Folklore (1) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Cow Stone Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

- Sites within 20 km - - Stapeley Hill (0.32km ENE) (17 posts) Mitchell's Fold (0.71km SW) (117 posts) Mitchell's Fold cairn (0.77km SW) (5 posts) Whetstones (1.43km SSW) (5 posts) Whetstones Cairn (1.48km SSW) (4 posts) Castle Ring (Rorrington) (1.77km NNE) (2 posts) The Hoarstones (1.8km NE) (58 posts) Corndon Hill (2.23km S) (47 posts) Pant Brwynog (2.37km SSW) (2 posts) Cwm Mawr Stone Axe Factory (3.92km S) (4 posts) Pennerley Barrows (4.01km ENE) (10 posts) Roundton (4.21km SSW) (3 posts) Heath Mynd (5.5km SE) (8 posts) The Stiperstones (5.79km E) (28 posts) Roveries Hill (6.59km SE) (2 posts) Castle Ring (Shelve) (6.75km ENE) (11 posts) Beechfield (6.91km NNW) (2 posts) The Rossett (8.06km SW) (5 posts) Beacon Ring (8.17km WNW) (15 posts) Caus Castle (9.39km NNE) (14 posts) Ffridd Faldwyn (9.41km WSW) (12 posts) Castle Ring (Ratlinghope) (9.54km E) (10 posts) Callow Hill Camp (9.56km NE) (2 posts) Black Bank (9.78km NW) (4 posts) Caer Din (9.8km SSW) (1 post) Cothercott Hill (9.93km ENE) (5 posts) Castle Ring tumulus (10.29km E) (7 posts) Lea Stone (10.59km SE) (1 post) Dyffryn Lane (10.76km W) (3 posts) Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled (Destroyed) (10.79km W) (3 posts) Maen Beuno (10.83km W) (7 posts) Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled (10.9km W) (2 posts) Pole Cottage (11.34km E) (6 posts) Earl's Hill and Pontesford Hill (11.58km ENE) (28 posts) The Long Mynd (11.63km E) (1 post) Shooting Box barrows (11.79km E) (18 posts) Cefn-yr-allt (11.87km W) (1 post) Maen Llog (12.07km WNW) (7 posts) Boiling Well barrows (12.18km E) (9 posts) Robin Hood's Butts (Shropshire) (12.37km E) (12 posts) Billings Ring (12.51km SE) (1 post) Minton Hill (12.61km E) (5 posts) Barrister's Plain cross dyke (13.18km E) (1 post) Botley Stone (13.5km ESE) (7 posts) Grindle (13.57km E) (9 posts) High Park cross dyke (13.59km E) (1 post) Crowther's Camp (13.78km NW) (2 posts) Devil's Mouth cross dyke (13.84km E) (6 posts) Lower Short Ditch (13.92km SW) (1 post) Bodbury Ring (14.19km E) (13 posts) Cefyn y Castell (14.39km NNW) (21 posts) Pen-y-Foel (14.78km W) (3 posts) New Pieces Enclosure, Breiddin Hill (15.13km NNW) (4 posts) Golfa (15.28km W) (1 post) Bury Ditches (15.29km SSE) (6 posts) Caer Din Ring (15.46km SSW) (10 posts) Breiddin Hill Camp (15.55km NNW) (11 posts) Upper Short Ditch (16.23km SW) (1 post) Gaer Fawr (Welshpool) (16.35km WNW) (20 posts) Wart Hill Camp (16.83km ESE) (6 posts) Whitcott Keysett (16.89km S) (10 posts) Caer Caradoc (Church Stretton) (17.12km E) (42 posts) Fron Camp (17.26km SSW) (15 posts) Burrow (17.43km SE) (12 posts) Hope Bowdler Hill (17.81km E) (5 posts) Castle Idris (17.83km SSW) (1 post) Brynar and Riddle (18.12km WSW) (1 post) The Lawley (18.59km E) (8 posts) Crosswood (18.83km NNW) (6 posts) Cefn-Cyfronydd (19.02km W) (3 posts) Belair (19.14km ESE) (2 posts) The Rock of Woolbury (19.19km SSE) (0 posts) Shentons Tump (19.64km SW) (2 posts) Y Gaer (Meifod) (19.66km WNW) (1 post) Kerry Hill (19.81km SW) (13 posts) - Facilities within 20 km - - Welshpool Tourist Info... (Tourist Information: 11.8 km NW)

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The 2.5m long, recumbent Cow Stone (or Dead Cow) lies approx 400metres to the NE of Mitchells Fold stone circle, beside the footpath leading from the circle to Stapeley Hill. In the right light, the stone looks like a resting (or dead) animal when viewed from the west. GPS: SO 30912 98880 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by baza 9th February 2003ce Edited 18th August 2003ce

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There is a legend concerning a cow associated with the nearby Mitchells Fold stone circle, Rhiannon`s account of which can be read here:Mitchells Fold Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by baza 9th February 2003ce Edited 24th February 2003ce