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PeterH Jan 6, 2006 13:05:56
Replying to Hob

As far as the site page is concerned on the Portal, I will re-write it and include your information. As we do cover Dark Age stones on the Portal, I can deal with the blue recumbent boundary stone. I'm a bit unclear still about the other recumbent stone though and the standing stone. Are any prehistoric? One thing to remember always is that a Saxon boundary stone could have been used earlier as a prehistoric standing stone or whatever.

Many thanks

H Hob
Hob Jan 6, 2006 21:29:30
Replying to PeterH

Good Stuff Peter,

The third stone (the sedimentary recumbent one in the car-park/beer garden that looks as if it's been in a fire) is the most dubious of the three. The only claim to significance it has comes from the word of the folks who run the pub, who reckon it was the original Blue Stone. They couldn't give a date as to when it was substituted for the worn lump with the plaque. I remain sceptical, but open minded. Can't see how it's antiquity (or lack thereof) could ever be proven one way or the other :(

>a Saxon boundary stone could have been used earlier as a prehistoric standing stone
A happy thought, but again. difficult to prove either way.