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Oxenham Arms Standing Stone

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Evergreen Dazed Jul 16, 2013 16:02:13

Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:

he will be playing at the Oxenham Arms, a pub built around a 5,000 year old standing stone.

Tell me, tjj, how do you know its 5000 years old? I'm genuinely intruiged.
Only, everything i've read about this and the other stone tells me there is not even any evidence that they are prehistoric.

tomatoman Jul 16, 2013 17:50:46

Replying to Evergreen Dazed

There are reports of a basal excavation in the 70's but I can't find any subsequent reports. When I was there I was struck by how its height would have been about right to support a slightly lower ceiling beam. Given the apparent age of the existing building structure it's quite possble it was transported from another site in the area..........how many other menhirs just disappeared?

tjj Jul 16, 2013 23:21:40

Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Evergreen Dazed wrote:

tjj wrote:

he will be playing at the Oxenham Arms, a pub built around a 5,000 year old standing stone.

Tell me, tjj, how do you know its 5000 years old? I'm genuinely intruiged.
Only, everything i've read about this and the other stone tells me there is not even any evidence that they are prehistoric.

Hah! I know nothing about the stone or the pub - was hoping someone here did. My friend said something on FB about it being 5000 years old, am guessing he read it somewhere - who knows, I took it at face value (it was Facebook after all). As I said in my post he's not really a stony person and probably just thought it was an improvement on Premier Inns. Thanks for answering anyway.