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Cuckoo Stone
Hob Uid: 219606
Location : Wiltshire Durrington
Grid Ref : SU1466043340
Summary : The Cuckoo Stone is a now recumbent sarsen stone which measures 7 ft x 5 ft x 2 ft. Excavations in 2007 suggest that it was stood upright at some point before 2000BC, slightly west of its current location. It replaced a wooden pole that stood in a hole cut into the solution hollow that had formed naturally beneath the stone. The Cuckoo Stone has provided a focus for later pits and burials and a perhaps a Roman shrine.
More information : (SU 14664334) Cuckoo Stone (AT). (1) A recumbent grey sarsen stone 7ft x 5ft x 2ft thick. (2) As described, see G P. (3) The now recumbent sarsen stone, known as the Cuckoo Stone, is located at SU 4166 4335. It's location was recorded in April 2011 using handheld GPS (with an accuracy of circa 1m) as part of English Heritage's Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project - Level 1 survey. Excavations in 2007 as part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project suggest that it was stood upright at some point before 2000BC, slightly west of its current location. It replaced a wooden pole that stood in a hole cut into the solution hollow that had formed naturally beneath the stone. The Cuckoo Stone has provided a focus for later pits and burials and a perhaps a Roman shrine. (5-6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961.
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Source details : Rec 6" (L V Grinsell) (in Devizes Museum).
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Source details : F1 ANK 09-OCT-69
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Source details : Sharon Bishop/20-JUN-2011/English Heritage: Stonehenge WHS Landscape - Level 1 survey
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Source details : http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/research/stonehenge/stonehenge07-04.html [Accessed 28-JUN-2011]
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Standing Stone
Evidence : Excavated Feature

Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
Monument End Date : 2000
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Standing Stone
Evidence : Excavated Feature

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Recumbent Stone
Evidence : Moved Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU14SW975
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 62
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-10-09
End Date : 1969-10-09

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2011-04-01
End Date : 2011-09-01

Historic England Research Records

Cuckoo Stone