Monument record MDO239 - Stone on Sliding Hill, Bettiscombe

The stone on Sliding Hill, near half-a-mile NE of the church, is of local limestone and was probably deposited and left protruding in a landslip. (2)

This stone, on Sliding Hill, is 2.0 metres high, 2.0 metres wide and 1.0 metre thick. It is a natural feature, the result of a landslide which has caused it to be set in its present position.

See photograph. (3)

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 40370056) Standing Stone (NR).

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 29 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(6) The STONE on Sliding Hill, nearly ½ m. N.E. of the church, is of the local limestone and was probably deposited and left protruding in a landslip.'

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F66/8 (Index). SDO14738.

ALLEGED STANDING STONE AT BETTISCOMBE FROM THE SOUTH EAST

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB71/06866 (Index). SDO14738.

LOCAL LIMESTONE PROBABLY LEFT STANDING IN A LANDSLIP

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB71/06865 (Index). SDO14738.

LOCAL LIMESTONE PROBABLY LEFT STANDING IN A LANDSLIP

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AO55/66/8 (Index). SDO14738.

LOCAL LIMESTONE PROBABLY LEFT STANDING IN A LANDSLIP

<7> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 04-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193093 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 13 2025 4:53PM