No one would blame the tourists who walk right past the London Stone. Measuring less than two feet on its longest side and encased behind a white iron grate on Cannon Street, it's one of the most ...

A CRYPTIC stone shrouded in mystery is one of London’s oldest artefacts – yet scientists have no idea where it came from. The London Stone is housed in a small crypt built into a wall on Cannon Street ...

LONDON — It isn’t much to look at: a gray lump of rock behind an ugly metal grill, attached to an even uglier building in London. You have to crouch down to see it, and its admittedly modest (or maybe ...

Never heard of the London Stone? Shame on you. It may not have the powers of the Philosopher's Stone, but the London Stone has got a whole lot of history behind it. The stone is a chunk of oolitic ...

Fortean London is the London of strange histories, folklore, unique people, outsider ideas, ghosts, monsters and more. Take us by the left hand and hold on tight. Opposite Cannon Street station sits ...

An ancient and obscured piece of limestone has long guarded Cannon Street. It's called simply London Stone (never 'the' London Stone). It might be a Roman milestone or druidic monument. Nobody knows.

London Stone has been a landmark for centuries. And where facts and science have failed to provide a definite history, myths have flourished. London’s Cannon Street is a frantic mêlée during the ...

You wouldn’t know it, but London’s heart beats from a small alcove just opposite Cannon Street station. The city’s heart is made of limestone, wrenched from Rutland and its beats are faint. But its ...

You may know about the ravens in the Tower – but have you heard of the London Stone? No one knows how this hunk of rock ended up in the city. Maybe it was once part of a Roman governor’s house or a ...

Reporting from London — It isn’t much to look at: a gray lump of rock behind an ugly metal grill, attached to an even uglier building. You have to crouch down to see it, and its admittedly modest (or ...

An artefact housed in a small crypt in London is said to have mystical powers. Yet scientists have no idea where it came from. The London Stone is housed in a small crypt built into a wall on Cannon ...