More information : [ST 4334 5848] Wimblestone [G.T.]. (1)
Five feet high, with five other large pieces of conglomerate close
by. "In the same field are three other fairly large stones with a
stony ridge leading up to them".
Crooks suggests that the stones may have come from a destroyed
megalithic monument. (2-3)
The Wimblestone is an earthfast triangular slab, obviously erected
by man and probably a standing stone. (See G.P. AO/66/89/1). It is
set towards the northern edge of an almost imperceptible (and
unsurveyable) mound. This is listed by Grinsell (a) as "? barrow"
(Shipham No.1), and without excavation no more definite
classification is possible.
Other, much smaller, stones in the vicinity are almost certainly
from field clearance. The "stony ridge" apears to be a conglomerate
outcrop - and is shown on O.S. 6" from ST 43145848 to ST 43855849 -
and the stones on it are field clearance. (4)
Additional reference. (5)
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