TA0967 : Rudston Monolith

near to Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Rudston Monolith
Rudston Monolith
Located next to the village church, this is the tallest standing stone in Britain, at just under 8 m in height (not including the buried part which could be the same again). The Stone weighs around 40 Tons and was brought here from over 10 miles away in approximately 1600 BC.

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Category: Stone
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tallest Standing Stone [16] · Village of Rudston [11] Title Clusters: · Rudston Monolith [9] ·
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TA0967, 175 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Paul Allison   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 16 March, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TA 09 67 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 54:5.5059N 0:19.6376W
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