Judith Stone is a wierd name for a dog, cool rock though.
A rare class one relic.
It may well be.
Dog has done some laps
I’ll have to asked the OS to include my dog on the next one too.
It looks like you’re supposed to dance around it a few times to realise its significance
For those who weren’t sure what a ‘glacial erratic’ was;
“A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word errare (“to wander”), are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres. Erratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders” – Wikipedia.
That’s pretty cool to be honest. I wonder where it originated from.
>…a large granite boulder lying in a hollow, which is believed to mark an assembly point where tribes met on important occasions during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Being on elevated ground with sweeping views, the site was obviously of strategic importance and would have been part of a communications network across the hills of the county in times of danger.
Is it on public access land? Might pop over there tomorrow to have a gander
Omg we walked near there and had some tourist family stop to ask for directions to it. We were so confused why
He’s got a funny shadow.
The Gypsum conveyor belt in Sussex has to be up there.
Dorset has an impressive array of alleged stone crosses marked – which, due to the softness of the stone they were made from, are now little more than phallic stumps. The traditional practice of rubbing them for a good luck blessing now generates all sorts of unintended insinuations.
The Holy Stone of Clonrickert is not insignificant
Probably Stockton-on-Tees
Oh, the rock
Thought you meant the dog
Come to Birmingham. We have loads of them all over the place.
Slough
We have one in Verwood called St Stephens stone , A big rock when everything around here is gravel, sand and clay.
Did the good boy pee on his new fancy rock though?
One of the top tourist attractions in Lyon is a erratic known as [Gros Caillou](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Caillou) (Big Pebble), which perhaps stranger. Admittedly it’s not on an OS map though.
It’s seen some foot traffic. Looks pretty popular.
Hole in the Wall near Ross on Wye. No hole, no wall, no atm.
Went for a holiday in the cotswolds, decided on a hike to the local place of pilgimage called “the cheese wedge” only to find out it was just a house ruin with stone graffiti. Locals has never heard about it but it became a constant inside joke for us
The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!
I’ll see your Judith Stone, and raise you Purbeck’s wonderful Agglestone
I once went to naked man (site of) in the new forest. I was rather disappointed.
I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t have a rock this big.
My house /s
Ooh I like a nice erratic
At least you got a rock.
After walking nearly two hundred miles along the Thames from Greenwich I was thrilled to discover that the source of this mighty river is a damp patch in a field in Gloucestershire.
Worth every blister.
As a glaciologist a glacial erratic is far from boring! I love an erratic
woodhenge. walked all the way from stonehenge, getting lost on the way because i passed it without realising. only found it by bumping ito various dissapointed and underwhelmed people. its shit and not worth the admission (its free)
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Judith Stone is a wierd name for a dog, cool rock though.
A rare class one relic.
It may well be.
Dog has done some laps
I’ll have to asked the OS to include my dog on the next one too.
It looks like you’re supposed to dance around it a few times to realise its significance
For those who weren’t sure what a ‘glacial erratic’ was;
“A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word errare (“to wander”), are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres. Erratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders” – Wikipedia.
That’s pretty cool to be honest. I wonder where it originated from.
https://preview.redd.it/3towu9p9c61f1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ee0ecc5f870917d609a113d2eca69fd33d1ee6d
The Lang Stone in, err… Langstone, a suburb of Newport. A few hundred yards from the M4.
It’s on the OS map and has a whole part of the city named after it, but it’s literally just a stone lying on the ground.
Dorset.
No, that honour is left to Dudley
I misread that as “fearsome hound for sale”.
OK, one fearsome hound, please. And if I get the big rock as part of the deal, so much the better.
It sounds quite interesting actually! It’s speculated that it fulfilled a similar function to a ‘[trysting tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trysting_tree)’:
>…a large granite boulder lying in a hollow, which is believed to mark an assembly point where tribes met on important occasions during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Being on elevated ground with sweeping views, the site was obviously of strategic importance and would have been part of a communications network across the hills of the county in times of danger.
[source](https://eastfarndon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Judith-Stone.pdf)
Is it on public access land? Might pop over there tomorrow to have a gander
Omg we walked near there and had some tourist family stop to ask for directions to it. We were so confused why
He’s got a funny shadow.
The Gypsum conveyor belt in Sussex has to be up there.
Dorset has an impressive array of alleged stone crosses marked – which, due to the softness of the stone they were made from, are now little more than phallic stumps. The traditional practice of rubbing them for a good luck blessing now generates all sorts of unintended insinuations.
The Holy Stone of Clonrickert is not insignificant
Probably Stockton-on-Tees
Oh, the rock
Thought you meant the dog
Come to Birmingham. We have loads of them all over the place.
Slough
We have one in Verwood called St Stephens stone , A big rock when everything around here is gravel, sand and clay.
Did the good boy pee on his new fancy rock though?
One of the top tourist attractions in Lyon is a erratic known as [Gros Caillou](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Caillou) (Big Pebble), which perhaps stranger. Admittedly it’s not on an OS map though.
It’s seen some foot traffic. Looks pretty popular.
Hole in the Wall near Ross on Wye. No hole, no wall, no atm.
Went for a holiday in the cotswolds, decided on a hike to the local place of pilgimage called “the cheese wedge” only to find out it was just a house ruin with stone graffiti. Locals has never heard about it but it became a constant inside joke for us
The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!
I’ll see your Judith Stone, and raise you Purbeck’s wonderful Agglestone
https://www.swanage.co.uk/agglestone-rock/
I once went to naked man (site of) in the new forest. I was rather disappointed.
I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t have a rock this big.
My house /s
Ooh I like a nice erratic
At least you got a rock.
After walking nearly two hundred miles along the Thames from Greenwich I was thrilled to discover that the source of this mighty river is a damp patch in a field in Gloucestershire.
Worth every blister.
As a glaciologist a glacial erratic is far from boring! I love an erratic
woodhenge. walked all the way from stonehenge, getting lost on the way because i passed it without realising. only found it by bumping ito various dissapointed and underwhelmed people. its shit and not worth the admission (its free)
Dog for scale
Good boi
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