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« on: August 12, 2012, 05:59:00 PM »
Was out detecting today and in one of the fields there was this rock. It was sat all by itelf with no other rocks around and was on a mound and you could see all the countryside from this point. Is there any reason why it would be there and why the farmer left it there? We didn't detect this field as it was just planted so no idea what the finds could have been like. Also how old you reckon it is ? I didn't take pics of the surrounding views so that i wouldn't give away the location as it's not my farm

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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2012, 06:07:21 PM »
way to big and heavy for the farmer to move , as to age , i would say about 6 million years , give or take a year or so  Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 06:09:54 PM »
I don't think it would be too big for a couple of tractors to roll it down the hill lol
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2012, 06:11:51 PM »
Its destinatiom was Stonehendge But a messager was sent back to say that they had enough big stones so it was just left there. At the same location the messenger met the poor buggers dragging it LOL
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2012, 06:13:24 PM »
 You should have done a Shirley Valantine. Grin Grin
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2012, 06:49:11 PM »
It could be a Neolithic Monument which would account for why it's not been moved. Or it could be a 'drop' stone from the last Ice Age.

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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2012, 07:22:54 PM »
Its extrusive igneous, so came from close to the earths mantle. The holes in it mean that it came from deep, very quickly as laver, the quick cooling would have forced out the gases making a perforated look.

If its on top of a mound it could well be part of a collapsed  cairne
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2012, 08:14:15 PM »
Judging by the smaller stones around , it looks like a robbed out cairn/burial chamber
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2012, 09:50:22 PM »
If You've ever read any of the Wardstone Chronicles books, it could be a temporary stone used to cover a pit lined with salt and iron that was never properly finished, used to trap the body of dead witch or a Boggart!
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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2012, 08:09:36 AM »
Looks like an altar to me....... Wink
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« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2012, 08:24:09 AM »
Lots of very interesting theories.  I shall investigate more.

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« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2012, 09:13:10 PM »
Looks like a chunk of red sandstone thats been dropped during de-glaciation. The fact that it sits on a high point in the landscape probably means it was dropped by the retreating glaciers and then the surrounding land was eroded by water action and weathering. the stones around it look like someones been trying to break up the main rock but gave up. There are no different coloured rock around it so its all from the same lump. What is the underlying geology like?

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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2012, 04:27:15 PM »
Quote from: Meatslicer on August 13, 2012, 09:13:10 PM
Looks like a chunk of red sandstone thats been dropped during de-glaciation. The fact that it sits on a high point in the landscape probably means it was dropped by the retreating glaciers and then the surrounding land was eroded by water action and weathering. the stones around it look like someones been trying to break up the main rock but gave up. There are no different coloured rock around it so its all from the same lump. What is the underlying geology like?

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i tend to agree defo looks like sandstone
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