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Monument Number 194762
Hob Uid: 194762
Location : Somerset Sedgemoor Compton Bishop
Grid Ref : ST4180054000
Summary : Site of standing stone
More information : [Area centred ST 41805400] Standing Stone in this field Not located. (1) Mile & half S. of Shute Shelve and a mile due east of Lower Weare, in the fourth field from the highroad to Bridgewater, on the right bank of the Cheddar Water: the stone stands in a slight hollow. No longer upright, its longer side is 2'6" above ground x 18" below x 9" thick. Too small for a rubbing post, it may have been set up as a boundary mark. (2-3) The stone cannot be located. It may have been removed or overlaid by material dredged from the River Yeo. (4)

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Source details : Rec. 6" (O.G.S.Crawford, undtd.)
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Source details : S.S. 6" (R. Santer, 14.12.55)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Heart of Mendip, 1915, pp. 332-3 (Knight F.A.)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 NVQ 23-MAR-66
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Standing Stone
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 45 SW 5
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-03-23
End Date : 1966-03-23

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 194762