The Long Stone

Nearest town:
Milford Haven (2km E)
OS reference:
SM892071
OS sheets:
157, 158
Latitude:
51° 43' 20.71 N
Longitude:
5° 3' 8.7 W
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Image of The Long Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 17th April 2003: Viewed from this angle you can see how thin the stone is, and how much material has come away from it relatively recently.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 16, 2003
Image of The Long Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 17th April 2003: From the north west. This shot shows the fragments of the stone scattered next to it (partly in the shadow of the stone).

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 16, 2003
Image of The Long Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 17th April 2003: The stone, viewed from the south east (more like east south east really). The oil refinery makes a delightful backdrop.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 16, 2003
Image of The Long Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Kammer

Taken 17th April 2003: The Longstone, looking north west(ish) with the oil refinery in the distance.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer May 16, 2003

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The Long Stone

Kammer
Kammer May 16, 2003

Visited 17th April 2003: If ever a site was inappropriately named, this is it. The Long Stone is now a short stone, reduced to a withered stump. It looks like the damage to the stone might be the result of weathering, because it’s made up of some sort of sandstone (apologies to Geologists out there, but that’s my best guess). I wonder what it looked like 100 years ago.

There’s no public access to the stone, and you can’t see it from the road, but there is an appropriately placed hole in the hedge quite near it. I think this may be one of those sites you should visit, before it’s gone for good. Rather a sad place really, especially as it sits in the shadow of the oil refinery.

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