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Blowing Stone

Perforated sarsen stone in Oxfordshire, UK

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The Blowing Stone is a perforated sarsen at grid reference SU32412 87083 in Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire, England. The stone is in a garden at the foot of Blowingstone Hill just south of the Icknield Way (B4507), about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) west of Wantage and about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) east of White Horse Hill. Blowingstone Hill is part of the escarpment of the Berkshire Downs, at the crest of which is The Ridgeway National Trail.

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Alfred and the Battle of Ashdown

871 CE

Tom Brown's School Days published

1857

Duncton Wood reference

1980

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51.58° N, -1.53° E