The Blaxhall Stone

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Blaxhall Stone by Chris Holifield as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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The Blaxhall Stone

Image: © Chris Holifield Taken: 29 Nov 2015

A nearby information sign Image reads "Said to have been ploughed up in the 19th century when no bigger than two fists, thrown down by the ploughman where it now stands, it has been growing ever since". According to http://www.megalithia.com/sites/tm351565.html this glacial erratic weighs five tons and comes from a parent mass in Spilsby, Lincolnshire.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.157056
Longitude
1.435182