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This tor like structure is 135 million year old Tunbridge Wells Sandstone.
It is a large sandstone, wind formed rock formation, situated on the edge of the village. It was probably used as a Saxon boundary marker as the village's name means the stone of Chidda's tribe' The name Chidda presumably being a local Saxon leader. Some have associated it with the Druids and others believe that the stone was used as a site of punishment mainly for local witches or wives, hence the name chide. It is an odd and atmospheric site and never appears to be overgrown.

Chiddingstone is a small village in West Kent. The village is unique, in that apart from the castle and church, it is entirely owned by the National trust. Many of the buildings in the village are listed buildings. Apart from the church the village as a shop and pub. On the edge of the village is a sandstone formation called the Chiding Stone TQ5045 : The Chiding Stone.
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