Toad Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Toad Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Idwal

From SSW – it’s a toad!!

Idwal Mar 5, 2007

Image of Toad Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Idwal

From ESE looking more like a lion than a toad!

Idwal Mar 5, 2007

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Toad Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir

Idwal Feb 14, 2007

What a briliant stone! – a dead ringer for a squatting toad when seen from the side. It’s 1.2m high, 1.1m wide, 0.5m thick and has small packing stones at the base. It lies about 30 yards to the east of the Cistercian Way in an open field, a 5 minute walk from the minor road at SD363776.

The National Monument Record describes it as possibly the remains of a circle of stones such as a walled enclosure. This is based on a confusing reference from 1872. There is certainly nothing else visible now.

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