The King Stone by munki-boy
The King Stone
The King Stone is a large block of limestone about 2.5 m. high and now tipped at a rakish angle. This was the marker stone for an early Bronze Age cemetery. Several small cairnst containing cremations were discovered around the stone during excavations in 1979.
The Whispering Knights is part of The Rollright Stones complex.
The King Stone is in Cotswolds AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 8 July 2018 Edited: 29 November 2023
The King Stone
The King Stone LiDAR Map
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Local History around The King Stone
There are some historic monuments around including:
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old churchChipping Norton motte and bailey castle, and fishpondThe Rollright StonesGreat house site, garden earthworks and associated remains immediately north, west and south of St Mary's ChurchPortal dolmen 400m south east of Burnt HillHawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges BarnMoated site 300m east of Stourton Methodist ChapelThe Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount FarmMoated site at Manor FarmLowland Barn Romano-British farmstead 200m north west of Bury HillChastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow HouseIron Age enclosed settlement and part of a trackway 150m north east of the King StoneMoated siteLong barrow on Adlestrop HillNeolithic long barrow 400m SSE of Burnt HillMoated site, 230m west of St Michael's ChurchSquire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron BuildingsBesbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit FarmOver Norton bowl barrow 150m north west of the intersection between the A361 and the A34(T).
