Rufus Stone
Rufus Stone is a historic site in Minstead, New Forest, England. Rufus Stone is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Canterton, as well as near the deciduous forest Stricknage Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Malwood Castle hillfort and Church of All Saints.
Malwood Castle hillfort
Archaeological site
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malwood Castle hillfort is an archaeological site, which is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Rufus Stone.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Rufus Stone.
Minstead Memorial Cross
Memorial
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minstead Memorial Cross is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Rufus Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper Canterton and Brook.
Upper Canterton
Hamlet
Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Canterton is a village in Hampshire, England, located at. It is near Minstead.
Brook
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brook is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bramshaw, in Hampshire, England. It lies just inside the New Forest. The hamlet contains a mix of 18th and 19th century cottages, just south of the village of Bramshaw.
Cadnam
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cadnam is a village in the New Forest in Hampshire within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park. The village has existed since the medieval period. It was and still is an important crossroads between Southampton and the towns of Dorset.
Rufus Stone
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Inscription: “Here stood the Oak Tree, on which an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell at a Stag, glanced and struck King William the second, surnamed Rufus, on the breast, of which he instantly died, on the second day of August, anno 1100.”
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Minstead, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.91118° or 50° 54′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.61705° or 1° 37′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C2WW96M+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 248634710OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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