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I've not seen it in the real, but it's got to be a natural feature.

In the absence of any prehistoric finds (flint scatters etc?) in the immediate vicinity, the only two things it has going for it that would warrant accusations of prehistoric significance would be it's proximity to Gilsland Spa (in a Goffikesque holy-by-association kinda thing), and it's position at what is roughly a prehistoric boundary between the west and east sides of the north Pennines/Cheviots.

Having said that, I'd argue for it having a place on tma, 'cos I've got a thing for the possible significance natural features may have had to our ancestors.

I think we need to set rules for what is added to the site.For example what is a standing stone?...a stone erected by prehistoric man a long long time ago?..or an old stone erected by someone a hundred years or less ago..both stones are ancient, (most stone is)..so we need to be able to prove that a standing stone was erected by ancient man, this proof must come in the form of the associated finds within the area around the stone, we need to use every resource we can to track the history of the stone. These ideas must also work for anything we add to the site.