Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire

Arthur's Stone is a Neolithic chambered tomb, or dolmen, in Herefordshire [1]. It is situated on the ridge line of a hill overlooking both the Golden Valley, Herefordshire and the Wye Valley [1]. The tomb dates from 3700 BC – 2700 BC [1]. Arthur's Stone is located between the villages of Dorstone and Bredwardine, and more generally between Hereford to the east and Hay-on-Wye to the west [1]. The tomb is topped by a large capstone, estimated to weigh more than 25 tonnes [1]. The capstone rests on nine uprights and there is a curved, 4.6 m long entrance passageway [1]. The stones would originally have been buried within a mound, aligned north-south and of approximately 25 metres in length with an east-facing entrance and a south-facing false portal [1]. The mound is now, however, almost completely eroded and the capstone is broken with a large section fallen from its underside [1].