More information : [SU 8974 8538](1)
The Tarry Stone is a large sarsen which formerly marked the boundary
of the lands of the Abbot of Cirencester. Having been removed to a
private garden it was re-erected near its old site in 1909 (2.)
The Tarry Stone is now incorporated in a War memorial at SU 89748539.
It is an irregular block of stone with a plaque bearing the following
inscription "The Tarry Stone at which sports were held before AD.1507. Stood formerly 50 yds N.N.E. and was replaced here AD 1909...." Its 1909 position was at SU 89718534, where it is described as "Stone" on the O.S. 25" 1933. An intermediate site was a private garden, as reported in 2, but it is evidently now approximately in its original position.
See AO/63/60/1 for a photograph from the W. (3)
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