The Slaughter Stone (Stonehenge) | rocks

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Once thought to have been upright, this stone lies fallen now; the name "slaughter stone" might well be a misnomer!
This stone is about 21-ft long, and although it was originally upright, it is now fallen and has now sunk so deep that only its upper end shows. Hawkins makes note that while all the other stones were either bluestone or sarsen, the so called slaughter-stone is 'of fine-grained pale green sandstone, containing so many flakes of mica that its surface, wherever freshly exposed, shows the typical mica glitter'.
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Coordinates:   51°10'44"N   1°49'32"W
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