What is recorded here
Situated on a slight ridge in grassland, 125m S of a bowl-barrow (WM011-144----) and 200m SW of Portloman Church (WM011-145----). Standing stone marked at this location on 1837 OS Fair Plan map but not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. No trace of a standing stone at this location.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 30 August 2017
Probably dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, given its proximity to a bowl barrow, suggesting a funerary or ritual landscape. Its specific meaning or use is unclear, though it may have had ceremonial or territorial significance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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