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The Whet Stone
Natural Rock Feature
The Whet Stone (Natural Rock Feature) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 4 images, 1 piece of folklore, 1 weblink, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
Image © A. Brookes (24.3.2012)
Nearest Town:
Kington (4km ENE)
OS Ref (GB):
SO26055680 /
Sheet: 148
Latitude:
52° 12' 14.38" N
Longitude:
3° 4' 56.07" W
Added by
thesweetcheat
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Glacial erratic boulder on Hergest Ridge. According to the nearby info board, the stone is supposed to go down to the nearby spring to drink at midnight, rather like the nearby
Four Stones
over the border in Radnorshire.
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thesweetcheat
26th March 2012ce
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A flint arrownhead was found near the Whet Stone, and then lost by Hereford Museum, apparently.
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Posted by
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4th April 2012ce