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Broad Stone is a standing stone located in Gloucestershire, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, representing one of the region's prehistoric ritual or territorial markers. The stone stands as a substantial upright monolith, surviving as evidence of early communities' monumentality and landscape engagement in the Cotswolds area. Its preservation and scheduling as a heritage monument reflects its archaeological significance as a rare surviving example of such prehistoric stonework in the county.
Broad Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002088. View the official record →
Broad Stone is a standing stone located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002088.
Broad Stone is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 240m north east of Buttington Farm (5.1 km), Offa's Dyke: section known as Buttington Tump, 100m west of Buttington Lodge (5.1 km), Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Broad Stone's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Broad Stone stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.