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Hoare StoneStanding Stone / Menhir (Destroyed)
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Details of stone on Pastscape Standing stones have been documented in Bowood Park, all have been described as being placed as landmarks. Hoare Stone which was situated near Deer Mead has been claimed to be an in situ standing stone, and was marked on a map of 1755. Field investigations in 1968 located no traces of this feature. (ST96807015) Hoar Stone (GT). (1) There are several small sarsens in Boxwood Park which have been suggested to have been brought there as curiosities or land-marks, but the Earl of Kerry thought they might be in situ. One, the 'Whore Stone', the Old (Hoar) Stone in the park, near the Deermead, has been known for over two centuries and gave its name to an enclosure shown in a map of 1755. (2) This stone has disappeared: there is no information of its going or of its present whereabouts. No mention (Grinsell, Arch. Gaz.Wilts 1957). (3,4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 6" 1960 ( 2) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine 42, 1922 Page(s)36 ( 3) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments ( 4) Field Investigators Comments F1 ANK 02-JUL-68 |
Posted by Chance21st August 2012ce |
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