Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire

Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire
Mike Finn · CC BY 2.0

A Neolithic chambered tomb over 5,000 years old on a ridge overlooking the Golden Valley and Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England. Its massive capstone, estimated at over 25 tonnes, rests on nine upright stones. Recent excavations (2021-2025) by Manchester and Cardiff universities revealed two construction phases: first a simple dolmen with a circular stone bank, later expanded into a trapezoidal Cotswold-Severn-style long barrow. Finds include worked rock crystal, pitchstone from Scotland's Isle of Arran, and human bone deposits.

TypeDolmen
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates52.0825° N, 2.9954° W

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