2022

SJ2532 : Carreg y Big (The Big Stone), Selattyn

taken 4 years ago, near to Selattyn, Shropshire, England

Carreg y Big (The Big Stone), Selattyn
Carreg y Big (The Big Stone), Selattyn
Carreg y Big near the village of Selattyn and not far from Offa's Dyke is an example of a hoarstone, or boundary stone. At 2m tall, Carreg-y-Big is probably Shropshire’s tallest standing stone.

The size of the stone can look deceptively small in photos, so here's a humorous rambler to help compare size SJ2532 : Carreg y Big (The Big Stone), Selattyn

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Place: Selattyn County: Shropshire other tags: England Menhir Standing Stone Neolithic Bronze Age Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Carreg y Big the Big Stone [4] Title Clusters: · Carreg y Big (The Big Stone), Selattyn [4] ·
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SJ2532, 33 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jeff Buck   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 14 October, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 20 February, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 2561 3289 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:53.2978N 3:6.4231W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 2559 3288
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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Image Type (about): close look 
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