A 1.8 metre high standing stone of Dolomitic Conglomerate is currently situated on a patch of grass between the school and the parish church of St Mary the Virgin in the village of Portbury. It is thought to have been quarried from nearby Conygar Hill around 2,000 BC but its original location and purpose are unknown. It was re-erected by the Portbury Historical Association in its present position after it was retrieved from an old dew pond behind the church in September 1987. It had been placed in the pond in the 1950s along with other rubble when the pond was filled in.
Portbury Standing Stone
Standing Stone outside the church
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