Pilton Long Stone is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1973. Standing stone.
Pilton Long Stone
- WRENN ID
- night-chancel-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1973
- Type
- Standing stone
- Address
- Pilton Long Stone, Bellaire, Barnstaple
- OS grid reference
- SS 553 342
- Coordinates
- 51.08888, -4.06739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pilton Long Stone is a long stone located in Bellaire, Pilton. It is possibly prehistoric and may have had a commemorative purpose. The stone was re-sited and recorded in 1967 due to a road improvement scheme. It is made of local limestone with veins of calcite and measures approximately 3 feet by 2 feet 9 inches by 8 feet 9 inches, weighing around 5 tons. There is a hole through the stone about 3 feet 6 inches from the ground. Historical references from the 18th and 19th centuries indicate that the stone fell in the 19th century and was re-erected 17 feet west of its original position by Mr. Lee of Broadgate House, within a walled garden. It was moved again in 1967.
Local climate
Pilton Long Stone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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