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juamei Dec 31, 2002 09:03:05
Replying to phil

Seems it probbly is, re-reading the Peter Knight book, John Aubrey found 3 stones there. Another of which could be in the next field. That'll teach me not to pay attention...

I loved your photos of the Agglestone btw, The Puckstone is completely different & foxed me for ages. It literally is just a mound covered in vegetation about 4-5ft high, hiding any stones at all from a distance. Hope my photos will shed some light on it!

I still haven't been to the museum though I did get out for two days at Xmas & started working my way through Dorsets standing stones..

P phil
phil Dec 31, 2002 14:04:18
Replying to juamei

Another theory I saw is that the Broadstone could be part of a Cromlech, (may be a capstone?)
ref : The King's England- DORSET by Arthur Mee, page 303)

That would explain the 2 other stones nearby. I saw a copy of TMA book that showed the stone with the Drude himself sat on it.

It looked fairly visable at that time. He mentioned that in recent times the stone was erect but had to be lowered due to to the number of cars that ran into it!!

Phil