Monster Stone

Nearest town:
Marlborough (6km E)
OS reference:
SU13467078
OS sheet:
173
Latitude:
51° 26' 7.15 N
Longitude:
1° 48' 22.83 W
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Image of Monster Stone (Natural Rock Feature) by harestonesdown

This is where the gods split the super tough sarsen with a mere flint point, Or maybe it’s naturally occurring flint within the stone, i dunno. ;)

I showed this pic to a friend who knows far more than myself about local geology, I thought flint only formed in the chalk, Not the sarsen too.
Quite an informative piece of info gleaned from such a nondescript piece of rock. ! ;)

Image credit: TheLoveOfBree
harestonesdown
harestonesdown Sep 4, 2012
Image of Monster Stone (Natural Rock Feature) by harestonesdown

2/9/2012 on our way to The Devils Den via the polisher and the cup marked stone.

Looking quite battered, Close up there’s several areas showing evidence of stone splitting at work.

Image credit: TheLoveOfBree
harestonesdown
harestonesdown Sep 4, 2012

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Monster Stone

megadread
megadread Jul 3, 2010

A stone similar in size to the Avebury stones that lays on top of of the earth to the side of the sarsen drift at the bottom of a natural ramp leading up to the high point of the down in the direction of Avebury.
It’s said it may have been destined for Avebury but never made it for some reason.
For me it’s a stone of significance due to it’s size, location and the story attached to it, it’s also the largest surviving (non buried) stone in that area, though a few lumps have been knocked off it.

Follow the Herepath up to the ridgeway, enter Fyfield down via the gate then carry on till you cross the gallops, follow the path into the valley then turn right following the course or the sarsen drift, to the right of the drift you’ll easily spot the Monster stone, to me it looks rather like a giant frog, well from a distance anyway.

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