A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
AGGLESTONE, a large isolated block of ferruginous sandstone, about a mile NW of Studland village, in the parish of Studland, Dorset. It crowns a hillock nearly a mile from the shore; measures 37 feet in length, 19 feet in breadth, and 15 feet in height; and is regarded by some persons as merely a boulder,-by others as a Druidical monument. The common people allege it to have been thrown by the Devil, from the Isle of Wight, to demolish Corfe Castle; and call it the Devils Nightcap.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a large isolated block of ferruginous sandstone" (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations") |
| Administrative units: | Dorset AncC |
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