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Your right. Perhaps it was a prototype for stonehenge.

The stones on Gray Hill, Wibstone, Trellech and a stone a Llanvair Discoed are pudding stone.

The point where this stone made a good landing point in times past (for heavy loads). Shallow gravel banks to move loads off barges etc. Minimal cranage.

Just a thought.

Just another thought to throw into the mix
You might consider regarding a 'foriegn' stone as possible ballast, especially if your wooden posts represent some form of quay.
Basically, due to shallow daft, any boat designed to carry cargo is less stable/manuoverable if unladen, so if a boat was not carrying a cargo it would carry ballast in the form of stones to increase the draft.
However your stone may be a little to large for this purpose.