page_title: Flagstones Enclosure
hierarchical_section_title: Flagstones Enclosure
caption_attribution_description: English: Sarsen Stone, also known as "The Druid Stone", discovered by workmen under the lawn of Thomas Hardy's house in Dorchester in 1891. Now known to have been part of the Neolithic Flagstones Enclosure which lies beneath the grounds of the house.
context_page_description: Flagstones is a late Neolithic interrupted ditch enclosure on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England. It derives its name from having been discovered beneath the site of the demolished Flagstones House. Half of it was excavated in the 1980s when the Dorchester by-pass was built; the rest of it still exists under the grounds of Max Gate, Thomas Hardy's house.
context_section_description: Flagstones is a late Neolithic interrupted ditch enclosure (similar to a causewayed enclosure) on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England. It derives its name from having been discovered beneath the site of the demolished Flagstones House. Half of it was excavated in the 1980s when the Dorchester by-pass was built; the rest of it still exists under the grounds of Max Gate, Thomas Hardy's house.
caption: The "Druid Stone" found at Thomas Hardy's house in 1891, now identified as a sarsen stone from Flagstones Enclosure
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