The Blind Fiddler standing stone

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Blind Fiddler standing stone by Rod Allday as part of the Geograph project.

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The Blind Fiddler standing stone

Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 14 May 2008

This impressive standing stone is over 3 metres in height and stand in a field beside the A30 near Catchall. It gets its name from the story that it is a fiddler who dared to play on a Sunday and was turned to stone for his sins.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.097774
Longitude
-5.601967