Baal Stone

Baal Stone
Type:	stone
Country:	England
County:	Suffolk
district:	Whepstead
Grid Ref:	TL824578
Latitude:	52.187550
Longitude:	0.668243
Accuracy:	to 15m (GPS with SA off)
Datum:	OSGB36
Date:	August 2004
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nearby sites
St Andrews	Cross, 2.3km
The Hartest Stone	stone, 5.3km
Melford Cross	Cross, 12.0km
Melford Well	well, 12.1km
Woolpit	Cross, 15.7km
Lady Well	well, 16.0km
St Peter and Paul	Cross, 16.1km
Rickinghall	Cross, 27.6km
Thelnetham	Cross, 27.8km
Mutlow Hill	Barrow, 27.9km
Preaching Stone	stone, 29.0km

This boulder used to be marked on OS maps as 'cross, rems of' and the name of the hamlet is evocative enough. But there is no socket-hole for a shaft, only a ragged channel across the top. Legend has it this was to drain away the blood from Druid sacrifices. Sounds like ancient Church propaganda to me…

References

Holy Wells & Ancient Crosses, ESNA, 1978, Michael Burgess, p 18