War Stone - Birmingham, UK
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N 52° 29.226 W 001° 54.832
30U E 573750 N 5815771
This felsite boulder was deposited near here by a glacier during the Ice Age being at one time used as parish boundary mark. It was known as the Hoar Stone of which the modern War Stone is a corruption
Waymark Code: WM5H5Q
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/07/2009
Views: 18
The stone gives its name to the nearby road Warstone Lane which is one of the older thoroughfares hereabouts.
Some wag has said it was jolly clever of the Ice Age to get it spot on in the middle of the plinth like that.
Type of survey mark: Poulder
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
The War Stone sits just inside the historic Warstone Lane Cemetery on Warstone Lane in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham.
What property is this mark defining?: Not listed
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