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| This is a quick post to bring into your consciousness a much neglected and oft passed monolith. Hangman's Stone is situated on the main road from Axminster to Exeter in Devon. Just past the turning to Seaton, it is situated on a grassy verge bank of the Hangman's Stone Crossroads. Thousands of cars pass this lonely stone each day without even realising it is there (much of the year the grass is too high to make it out properly). The hoary old Stone seems isolated on its crossroads with little sign of any associations in the modern landscape. However, a little research has discovered a long bank and ditch structure that has almost entirely been ploughed away. Old maps show that the structure moved away from the stone in a northerly direction, and that the combination of bank, ditch and stone was called 'Norman's Grave'. I could find no mention of any of this in the local library! So next time you are driving in that area, keep a look out for this lonely old stone and make it feel like its not forgotten. |
Posted by johan 29th September 2000ce |
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