The so-called 'King Stone' is just one of several ancient megaliths at Rollright on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border. Erected close to two Bronze Age burials c. 1500 BC, its unusual shape is the result of 19th-century souvenir hunters, who would chip off a lump to take home! #StandingStoneSunday
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“Seven long strides shalt thou take and if Long Compton thou canst see, King of England thou shalt be”
The king knew he would be able to see the village, but the witch raised a mound and turned the king into stone
It's said that if you count the stones in the circle, and then count them again, you get a different number. Having visited the circle many times - it's true!
Stukeley, in his book Avebury, 1724, writes "on a certain day of the year, the young men and maidens customarily meet and make merry with cakes and ale", and also drew the monument.