Dead Man’s Plack

Dead Man's Plack is a Grade-II listed 19th-century monument to Æthelwold, Ealdorman of East Anglia, who, according to legend, was killed in 963 near the site where it stands by his rival in love, King Edgar I.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: monument to Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia; located in Longparish, Hampshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Deadman’s Plack Monument”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pilgrims‘ Cross CofE Aided Primary School and Church of St Nicholas.

School
Photo: Oscar Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles east of Dead Man’s Plack.

Grassland
is a 158.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of in . It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. is situated 2 miles southeast of Dead Man’s Plack.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andover Down and Picket Twenty.

Suburb
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , 2 miles east of .

Suburb
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of , in the Test Valley district of , England, which lies about 1.8 miles east of the centre of the town. For much of its existence it was a free-standing hamlet.

Village
Longparish is a village and civil parish in , England. It is composed of the five hamlets of Middleton, East Aston, West Aston, and Longparish Station that over time have expanded and effectively joined up to become one village.

Dead Man’s Plack

Latitude
51.2012° or 51° 12′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.4275° or 1° 25′ 39″ west
Open location code
9C3W6H2C+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1428089227
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q5245285
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Deadman’s Plack Copse and Pound Copse.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blake’s Bushes and Monkeys Playground.

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