Granite from the Prescelly Mountains - Amesbury, Wiltshire, UK
N 51° 10.338 W 001° 46.740
30U E 585357 N 5669694
A large piece of "Blue Stone" symbolic of the stone at Stonehenge, located in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.
Waymark Code: WMF6XH
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/02/2012
Views: 5
Near the entrance to the visitor parking lot for the downtown area of Amesbury, stands this blue stone. Access to the parking lot is off of Highway A345 near Salisbury Street. The plaque attached to this blue stone reads:
"THE WELSH INSCRIPTION MEANS
'GRANITE FROM THE PRESCELLY MOUNTAINS'
THIS BLUE STONE, A SYMBOL OF THE PRESCELLY STONES WHICH WERE LABORIOUSLY TRANSPORTED FROM THE MOUNTAINS NEAR CARDIGAN TO STONEHENGE ABOUT 3000 YEARS AGO, WAS PRESENTED BY CARDIGAN AND TEIFI VALLEY ROUND TABLE TO AMESBURY ROUND TABLE ON 8 AUGUST 1981, MARKING THE END OF THEIR SPONSORED STONE HAUL."
The inscription in the stone reads:
"ITHFAEN
PRESELI
TEIFI VALLEY
AMESBURY
ROUND TABLE
1981"
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Amesbury Round Table
Age/Event Date: 08/08/1981
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