Image credit: A. Brookes (2.11.10)
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November morning, Peterborough.
Image credit: A. Brookes (2.11.10)
Image credit: A. Brookes (1.11.10)
November evening, Peterborough.
Image credit: A. Brookes (1.11.10)
Taken 11th October 2003: The stone viewed along it’s edge.
Image credit: Simon Marshall
Taken 11th October 2003: Louise demonstrating how darned small the stone is, through the combined mediums of mime and modern dance (I think I may have promised not to publish this one).
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Taken 11th October 2003: Taken with the museum behind me.
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Is this the shortest standing stone in Britain?
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Visited 7.4.13
It took me ages to find the museum until Karen pointed out that we were parked behind it and had actually walked past the place on the way into the city centre.
I blame the information hoarding which was hiding the stone!
There isn’t a lot you can say about the stone itself.
It is small – approx 1ft high x 2ft across x 2inch wide.
Looks a bit like a small headstone
Had a few strange looks from museum staff out of the window as I was admiring the stone in the middle of their newly mown lawn.
Not much to recommend a visit unless you happened to have parked behind the museum and happen to be walking past the stone…………………..!
Visited 11th October 2003: Easy to find and relatively easy to get at. We asked about the stone at the museum, and although they couldn’t help at the time I got some information from them through the post (currently ‘misplaced’). Not exactly a megalithic wonder, but if you’re in the Peterborough area then you’re not spoilt for choice.
The stone is located on the green outside Peterborough Museum. The notice indicates that the “Neolithic standing stone was moved from a nearby location and re-erected here”. When I visited, there was a temporary exhibition featuring a life size figure of LaraCroft – Tomb Raider. Strange item for a museum, but I suppose that most archaeological exhibits in museums are from raided tombs!
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