Hell Stone

The Hell Stone is a badly-restored Neolithic dolmen on Portesham Hill in Dorset, England [1]. It is just to the north of the village of Portesham, and approximately three-quarters of a mile southeast of the Valley of Stones [1]. The Hell Stone is situated at the head of a dry valley system in the parish of Portesham [1]. The burial chamber is at the southeast end of a rectangular mound [1]. The mound is 24 metres long and orientated northwest to southeast [1]. The mound tapers from 12 to 8 metres in width from the southeast end to the northwest end, and it is 1 metre high [1]. The chamber was badly restored in 1866 when eight men re-erected the stones, arranging them radially "rather like the slices of a cake" and supporting a large capstone [1].