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A large stone set on its side in the centre of a ring of nine smaller stones. The whole is surrounded by a low metal fence.

Title

The Goldstone

Date

1906

Medium

sandstone & flint conglomerate

Measurements

H 230 x W 400 x D 140 cm

Accession number

BN3_LS_S058

Work type

Landscape

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

small stone plaque in front of the stones: GOLDSTONE / TOLMEN / OR THE / HOLY STONE OF DRUIDS; modern white plaque with black raised letters in front of the stones: Brighton & Hove / At the turn of the 19th. Century this 'Goldstone' was / thought to be a sacred stone of the Druids. This led to / large numbers of people visiting the site and causing / damage to the surrounding farm crops. In the early / 1830's Mr. William Marsh Rigden, the landowner, / buried the stone and the smaller surrounding stones to/stop this happening. / The stones lay buried until 29th. September 1900 when / William Hollamby, one of the Hove Commissioners, / discovered their position and had them unearthed. / In 1906 the stones were put on display here in the newly opened Hove Park.

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