The London Stone: Historic Mysteries, Myths and Legends, Ancient Architects

For more than two years I commuted to London every day for work and would often spend lunch breaks and half days off taking a look at historic places of interest, whether it was Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, the sites of the Jack the Ripper murders, Cleopatras Needle, The Petrie Museum and so on, but one thing I didnt even know existed until recently is something known as the London Stone. Its an historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street, across the river from Shakespeares Globe theatre. This building on Cannon Street, number 111, isnt some grand museum or ancient historic structure; its a relatively newbuild bank or investment centre, a standard office building, but at its foot, there is a strange little structure at ground level. Directly above, it says London Stone and there are two plaques either side to tell passersby what they are looking at: a modest chunk of oolitic limestone, measuring 53 cm x 43 x 30, apparently the remnants of a once much larger object that had