The Druid Stone
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
1240 mm (Height)
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Max Gate, Dorset
NT 135019
Summary
'The Druid Stone', a sarsen stone from a neolithic site, which inspired the poem 'The Shadow on the Stone' by Thomas Hardy. Discovered by workmen in March 1891 in the garden at Max Gate and erected by Hardy on the lawn.