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Is this really a standing stone?

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StoneLifter Mar 5, 2006 14:07:22
Replying to kentigern

Thomas Hardy had a trysting stone in one of his books - don't ask which one ...

Tryst-stone gets its own entry in the dictionary and is a formal use for the prehistoric markers. Plse see http://www.baltimore-ireland.com/heritage/prehistoric.html , and also, closer to home, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2443 and http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3331

K kentigern
kentigern Mar 5, 2006 14:13:04
Replying to StoneLifter

Thanks for that.

As for the original question - Is this a standing stone, and why is it entered on the MA database as such - I am sure that the stone has folklore attached to it indicating significance pre-1800s, and couldn't see a more appropriate category.