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The White Horse Stone
Where the Saxon banner was found, if Lampreys was right.
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- What's there
- Single large sarsen stone beside a woodland track
- Legend from
- Story printed by Lampreys (20th century)
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- Curious
A lone stone on the Pilgrims' Way, where the Saxons' white horse banner is said to have been found after the battle.
The White Horse Stone is a single large sarsen lying beside the Pilgrims' Way on Blue Bell Hill. The story attached to it says that after the Battle of Aylesford, where Horsa and Catigern were killed, the Saxons' battle standard, which showed a white horse, was found at this stone. The writer Lampreys put the tale into print and said he could not tell whether it was true. The archaeologist Paul Ashbee noted that the story's survival comes from that source and may go back to Lambarde's Tudor enthusiasm for the Saxons. Modern heathen groups now hold ceremonies at the stone.
One sourceOnly one written account of this legend has been found so far.