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Title
Sarsen Stone
Date
1951
Medium
Sarsen stone (silicified sandstone)
Measurements
H 150 x W 120 x D (?) cm
Accession number
TW3_JF_S029
Acquisition method
Hounslow London Borough Council
Work type
Landscape
Owner
Hounslow London Borough Council
Custodian
Hounslow London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
1951
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
park opening times
Inscription description
plaque to the left of the stone: SARSEN STONE / THE SARSEN STONE WAS UNEARTHED / IN THE COURSE OF EXCAVATING GRAVEL / AT A POINT 265 YARDS NORTH-WEST FROM / WHERE, WHERE IT WAS FOUND RESTING ON / THE LONDON CLAY AT APPROXIMATELY 25 / FEET BELOW GROUND LEVEL. IT WEIGHS / 2 1/2 TONS. / THE STONE IS A HARDENED REMNANT / OF A BED OF SAND LAID DOWN UNDER A / SEA THAT COVERED THE AREA SOME 50/MILLIONS YEARS AGO; THIS BED HAS NOW/VANISHED, HAVING BEEN REMOVED BY / DENUDATION. HALF-A-MILLION YEARS / AGO, PERHAPS, THE STONE MAY HAVE / REACHED THE POSITION IN WHICH IT WAS / FOUND, BY SOME NATURAL MEANS THAT CAN/ONLY BE CONJECTURED. THIS GEOLOGICAL / NOTE, ARRANGED IN COLLABORATION WITH / THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, IS BASED ON / INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY COURTESY OF / THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE LONDON / NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. / THE STONE WAS SET IN ITS PRESENT / POSITION BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL IN / THE YEAR 1951.
Clovelly Road, Hounslow
TW3 4LA
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