Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire
- Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire
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Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/13067] is a Neolithic chambered tomb dating from 3,700 BC - 2,700 BC and is situated on the ridge line of a hill overlooking both the Golden Valley, Herefordshire [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/154980] and the Wye Valley Herefordshire.
Location
It is located between Dorstone and Bredwardine between Hereford and Hay-on-Wye at Ordnance Survey gbmapping|SO318431.
Description
A large capstone [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/45960] rests on nine uprights and there is a curved entrance passageway.
The mound was aligned north-south and was originally approx. 25 metres in length with a south facing entrance.
The mound is virtually completely eroded and the capstone is broken with a large section fallen from its underside.
The site is defined and protected by a wooden fence [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/383866] .
The site is seen as a northerly outlier of the well known Severn-Cotswold tomb Group of chambered tombs and one of five Neolithic tombs in the local area.
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