View SE of Arthur's Stone Neolithic burial chamber, Herefordshire, England, UK, approached by a right-angled (E-W then NNW-SSE) entrance passage.
View SE of Arthur's Stone Neolithic burial chamber, Herefordshire, England, UK, approached by a right-angled entrance passage. The chamber, aligned NNW-SSE, is connected to the main E-W passage by a perpendicular antechamber or short passage. The massive capstone, broken in two, rests on five of the nine uprights forming the chamber. A stone S of the chamber is decorated with a horizontal row of c 12 small cupmark indentations. The chamber lies at the S end of the remains of a long barrow or oval mound aligned roughly N-S. Legend makes this the location where King Arthur slew a giant. In 1645 King Charles I had a picnic here.
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Location: Arthur's Stone Burial Chamber, Dorstone, Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England, UK
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