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| Details of Site on Pastscape Standing stone known as the Long Stone or Eddystone. It is a massive, unworked block of quartz, set upright, and standing roughly 4 metres high. A small hole in the top of the stone was used to support a weather vane. The tithe map of 1842 indicates the existence of a prehistoric barrow, now levelled, associated with the standing stone. "Long Stone" - a large rough quartz stone fixed upright, about 13 ft high.' Standing stone at Music-water (Name SW 904 685). (1,2) (SW 9055 6869) Long Stone (NAT) (applies to 'dot' symbol). (3) A standing stone of unworked white quartz 3.6 metres high, tapering from an approximately 1.8 metres "square" base. A metal spike has been set in the top with a crude wooden carving of a fish attached to it to form a weather vane. (4) No change since report of 25 1 72. Surveyed at 1:2500 on PFD. (5) SW 90556869. Standing stone known as the Long Stone or Eddystone. It is a massive, unworked block of quartz, set upright, and standing roughly 4 metres high. A small hole in the top of the stone was used to support a weather vane. The tithe map of 1842 indicates the existence of a prehistoric barrow, now levelled, associated with the standing stone. Scheduled. (6) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) General reference Pydar map & notes. C1842 70 (R Thomas) ( 2) William C Borlase 1872 Naenia Cornubiae Naenia Cornubiae 1872, 98 (W C Borlase) Page(s)98 ( 3) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1880 ( 4) Field Investigators Comments F1 MJF 25-JAN-72 ( 5) Field Investigators Comments F2 NVQ 18-APR-77 ( 6) Scheduled Monument Notification 08-SEP-2003 |
Posted by Chance10th July 2012ce |
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