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Submitted by TimPrevett on Friday, 15 August 2003  Page Views: 7912

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menevegar Menhir Alternative Name: Roche Longstone, Menevagar Longstone
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Roche
Map Ref: SW98676011  Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.406287N  Longitude: 4.834675W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Menevegar Menhir
Menevegar Menhir submitted by Bladup : Menevegar Menhir. Bloody quarries made it be moved and it also didn't need the silly plaque putting directly onto the stone. It should have been put on the rocks below the stone really. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Originally on the St Austell Downs for circa 3,000 years, it was moved in the 1970s to this green in Roche.
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Menevegar Menhir submitted by TimPrevett : This shows the stone now under threat from the planting scheme instead of a quarry! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menevegar Menhir submitted by TimPrevett : SW987601 Originally on the St Austell Downs for circa 3,000 years, it was moved in the 1970s to this green in Roche. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menevegar Menhir submitted by TheCaptain : Glad to hear that the trees have now been cleared. This was the situation in 2013 ! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menevegar Menhir submitted by Bladup : Menevegar Menhir's looking at you. Can you see the long face? (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Menevegar Menhir submitted by Bladup : The sadly moved for even sadder reasons Menevegar Menhir.

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Menevegar Menhir submitted by AngieLake : The Longstone, or Menevegar menhir at Roche in Cornwall. Moved here in 1970 from Longstone Downs. Find it acting as a focal point in the centre of an old persons' complex on St Dennis Road, Roche.

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Menevegar Menhir submitted by AngieLake : *The Longstone* plaque fixed on the side of this lovely stone, now almost hidden in the bushes, graces a central green at an old-persons' bungalow complex on the left of St Dennis Road as you leave the centre of the village of Roche. Reads:*The Longstone. This stone, erected during the Bronze Age on the Longstone Downs, was removed to this site in August 1970*

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