The Queen Stone

Also known as:
Queen's Stone
Nearest town:
Monmouth (6km WSW)
OS reference:
SO5618
OS sheet:
162
Latitude:
51° 51' 30.06 N
Longitude:
2° 38' 20.32 W
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Images

Image of The Queen Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by thesweetcheat

Elevated landscape context for the stone in the lush Wye valley, seen from Coppet Hill to the WNW.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.6.2021)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 6, 2022

Articles

The Queen Stone

C
CARL Jun 17, 2010

I drove up and down looking for this stone which appeared easy to see from my map. Eventually I spotted it – and sure enough it was easy to spot – once you were looking in the right place! I viewed the stone from the road as there didn’t appear to be any easy access due to the river and difficulty parking.

The Queen Stone

postman
postman Mar 5, 2009

You can see the Queen stone from the A40, but its across the river so is unapproachable
from this side, turn off towards Goodrich and Symonds Yat cross the
” Bridge over the river Wye” and park infront of a gate, not the best place in the world but if you leave someone in the car they can just beeep you back. The stone can’t be seen from this smaller road just skirt round the edge and into the next field and you can’t fail to find it. More than 6ft tall and standing in its own scrappy square of land in a ploughed field, this is the most deeply rain carved stone ive ever seen, all the way round, from top to bottom these runnels are big enough to put a fist in, I wonder how it got its name, perhaps it was meant to be unflattering, all those wrinkles.

Miscellaneous

The Queen Stone
Standing Stone / Menhir
pure joy
pure joy Apr 26, 2004

I didn’t actually visit the stone today, but did see it from a distance as it is visible from all the minor roads around (the best view is from Old Forge on the other side of the River Wye).

From a distance this stone looks like a thick beast with a rutted head. When I later saw pictures of it (see link below) this was dramatically confirmed.

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Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Mar 2009

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