Sarsen Stone

In Lampton Park. See also TQ1376 : Sarsen Stone & TQ1376 : Sarsen Stone. This plaque to the left of the stone reads as follows... "Sarsen Stone This Sarsen Stone was unearthed in the course if excavating gravel at a point 265 yards north-west from here, where it was found resting on the London Clay at approximately 25 feet below ground level. It weighs 2 1/2 tons. The stone is a hardened remnant of a bed of sand laid down under a sea that covered the area some 50 millions years ago; this bed has now vanished, having been removed by denudation. half-a-million years ago, perhaps, the stone may have reached the position in which it was found, by some natural means that can only be conjectured. this geological note, arranged in collaboration with the nature conservancy, is based on information supplied by courtesy of the geological survey and the London Natural History Society. The stone was set in its present position by the borough council in the year 1951.".

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