The Murder Stone is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. Monument.
The Murder Stone
- WRENN ID
- ghost-bracket-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Murder Stone, Cams Hill, Hambledon, Winchester
- OS grid reference
- SU 636 147
- Coordinates
- 50.92882, -1.09543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Murder Stone is a monument dating from 1782, located at Cams Hill in Hambledon. It is a plain stone pillar topped with a gabled head. This monument commemorates an early conviction that was based solely on circumstantial evidence.
Local climate
The Murder Stone receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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