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[[Image:3farthingstone.jpg|thumb|Photograph by [[User:Findegil|Findegil]].]] | |||
The '''Four Shire Stone''' is situated north of [[Oxford]] in England. It marks the old meeting place of four county shires: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. The boundaries of these shires or counties have now been moved and three shires current intercept here. | The '''Four Shire Stone''' is situated north of [[Oxford]] in England. It marks the old meeting place of four county shires: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. The boundaries of these shires or counties have now been moved and three shires current intercept here. | ||
It is believed this stone was an inspiration for [[Tolkien|Tolkien's]] [[Three-Farthing Stone]], a central point in the [[Shire]] where three [[Farthing|Farthings]] met. | It is believed this stone was an inspiration for [[Tolkien|Tolkien's]] [[Three-Farthing Stone]], a central point in the [[Shire]] where three [[Farthing|Farthings]] met. | ||
==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/4ShireStonePhotos.html Further photographs of the Four Shire Stone] | * [http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/4ShireStonePhotos.html Further photographs of the Four Shire Stone] | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 21 April 2007
File:3farthingstone.jpg
Photograph by Findegil.
The Four Shire Stone is situated north of Oxford in England. It marks the old meeting place of four county shires: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. The boundaries of these shires or counties have now been moved and three shires current intercept here.
It is believed this stone was an inspiration for Tolkien's Three-Farthing Stone, a central point in the Shire where three Farthings met.
