White Horse Stone
The White Horse Stone is a name given to two separate sarsen megaliths on the slopes of Blue Bell Hill, near the village of Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent.Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Two megaliths near Aylesford, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Upper White Horse Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kit’s Coty House and Little Kit’s Coty House.
Kit’s Coty House
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kit's Coty House or Kit's Coty is a chambered long barrow near the village of Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent. Constructed circa 4000 BCE, during the Early Neolithic period of British prehistory, today it survives in a ruined state. Kit’s Coty House is situated 3,200 feet northwest of White Horse Stone.
Little Kit’s Coty House
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Kit's Coty House, also known as Lower Kit's Coty House and the Countless Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near to the village of Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent. Little Kit’s Coty House is situated 3,100 feet west of White Horse Stone.
Coffin Stone
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Coffin Stone, also known as the Coffin and the Table Stone, is a large sarsen stone at the foot of Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Coffin Stone is situated 1 mile west of White Horse Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kit’s Coty and Forstal.
Kit’s Coty
Hamlet
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kit's Coty is a small village on the slopes of Blue Bell Hill between Maidstone and Rochester in the English county of Kent. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Aylesford.
Blue Bell Hill
Village
Blue Bell Hill is a village in the Aylesford parish of the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is located halfway between Chatham and Maidstone and lies on top of Blue Bell Hill.
White Horse Stone
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Boxley, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.31511° or 51° 18′ 54″ northLongitude
0.51495° or 0° 30′ 54″ eastOpen location code
9F328G87+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 256588746OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7994824
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“White Horse Stone” goes by many names.
- French: “White Horse Stone”
- German: “White Horse Stones”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Westfield Wood Reserve and Westfield Wood.
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