Paul Hannant (Member no: 802)

Merton Stone

The stone is said to be England’s largest glacial erratic, is partly buried and weighing in at 20 tonnes

Merton Stone.

Located just off the Peddar’s Way national trail as it skirts the picturesque Norfolk village of Merton approaching its border with Threxton. The stone is said to be England’s largest glacial erratic, is partly buried and weighing in at 20 tonnes.

Various folk law tales surround the stone, the most common being that should ever the stone be moved waters will rise and the village, or even whole world will be flooded.

A saucier tale of an attempt to move the stone and test the above story earnt the stone its alternative name of the ‘Orgy Stone’. In times past a local landowner assembled a group of local men and women, plied them with beer, and issued them with ropes and an attempt to move the stone was made. The failed venture lead to scenes of ‘erotic debauch’ and apparently flooded the village with a generation of love children not water!

A tamer tale recounts that whoever stands on the stone will feel ice cold and a spiritual presence of an unexplained nature. I didn’t!