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Absolutely nothing about any of these stones in the guide book. Not even on the site plan. Extraordinary.

RT @megportal: Video of the strange standing stone at St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury:

Video of the strange standing stone at St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury:

…and I think this might be the 3rd, now in the nave where the Norman church was. I’ll keep having a look. 3/3

This has to be one of the others close by. Certainly these are old stones, found in the foundations of the original abbey. Sourced from the Medway area. How they get here? .2/3

Here it is, the sarsen standing stone at .Saint Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, I’m here now! Much bigger than I was expecting and a beautiful red colour one side. Possibly used by the saint himself as a preaching cross and possibly prehistoric. I think I found the other two

Excavations discovered two Iron Age phases; firstly from the 6th to 5th century, and secondly from the 2nd to 1st centuries BC. 📷 SolarMegalith More:

The site has suffered a lot of development in recent times: it is surrounded by a housing estate and in 1977 a school was built within the ramparts.

Winklebury Camp: The impressive banks of this hillfort survive in deepest Basingstoke. It has a single rampart (which has been developed right up to) and a ditch enclosing almost 6 hectares (15 acres). #HillfortsWednesday More.

Selino Pyramid: This is one of the most obscure prehistoric sites and hard to get to. It is a Minoan tomb on Crete, #TombTuesday but carved entirely out of rock. The name 'Pyramid' is a misnomer - the structure is a fairly perfect cone. 📷 Klingon More:

Allanfearn: Also known as Culloden! The remains of a chambered cairn to the north of the A96 near Inverness. 📷 markj99 More:

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St Augustine's Abbey was originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, it is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with the Cathedral and St Martin's Church. 📷 Flickr More:

Nobody knows for certain but it is claimed that Saint Augustine may have used this one as a preaching cross.

St Augustine's Abbey Standing Stone: I'm off to Canterbury on Wednesday as a guest at Fiona R's book event and I'm going to have a look for these. One of two (or three?) sarsen stones discovered in the foundations of the original abbey. #MonumentMonday.#MemorialMonday

There are also many cup marks in the area, check the nearby sites list and map on our page. 📷 mk16jheh More:

Koppelberg Dolmen: Several destroyed dolmens stood on the Koppelberg, a promontory overlooking a lake NE of Berlin. They were used as sources of stone in the 19th Century. However there are many loose stones by the wayside that may have once been part of the dolmens.

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