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MONUMENT NO. 109412

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The site of the Longstone.

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(SO 581051) Long Stone (NAT). (1)

The Longstone, a sandstone megalith, formerly stood about
half-way along, and 15 to 20 yds. in from, the northern hedge of
a field still called "Longstone Field". It was destroyed in
1875, but has been described by a local farmer as being about
6 1/2 ft. above ground level by 4 ft. broad, narrowing to 2 to
2 1/2 ft., by 1 1/2 to 2 ft. thick; although Rudder gave its
dimensions as 10 ft. high by 6 ft. broad by 5 ft. thick. A
portion of the stone about 18 inches square is still to be seen
at the well at Closeturf Farm (SO 585048), where it is used as a
water-bucket stand. (2-3)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1" 1830

( 2a) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 2b) General reference

New History Glos 1779 307 (S.Rudder)

( 2) by Cyril Hart 1967 Archaeology in Dean

Page(s)7-8

( 3) Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

(G.F. Playne) 1, 1876 Page(s)105-6

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