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Trehudreth Downs B
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Trehudreth Downs B submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jul 2022. In about what should be the middle of the stone row I find a sort of stone setting. There is a standing stone stump, with a few other bits arranged in a square around it, and is certainly not natural.
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Log Text: In about what should be the middle of the stone row, past the cows and further on I find a sort of stone setting, which I think is what I have called Trehudreth Downs B stone setting. There is a sort of standing stone stump, with a few other bits arranged in a square around it, and is certainly not natural. Once home, looking in my Bodmin Moor survey, and I find it is included as a stone setting in there.
Trehudreth Downs A
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Trehudreth Downs A submitted by maengurta on 7th Jul 2007. South facing view with the remaining upright of the stone row on the horizon.
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Log Text: I now walk south up the hill to the big slab which can be seen from afar. At its base is another smaller slab at right angles to it, and a few more bits and pieces around.
Trehudreth Downs C
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2022
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Trehudreth Downs C submitted by Bladup on 16th Jul 2015. These stones are to be found a little to the north of the last photo at SX125727. They may be a row but the way they've fallen they look more likely the remains of a circle.
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Log Text: Further south can be seen another standing stone at the top of the hill, which to get to means passing over a shaped stoney area, perhaps cairns, perhaps some long fallen buildings. The big stone stands proudly, a bit taller than myself. Near to it are two other similar stones, now prone on the ground making a short row of three.
Greenbarrow Downs
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Greenbarrow Downs submitted by Bladup on 16th Jul 2015. Remaining Kerb at Greenbarrow (SX130729).
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Log Text: There are two large green round cairns up here, each with several large stones around the edges, possibly kerb stones. There should be a third cairn somewhere, but its not so obvious. Time to get back, making sure I pass the stone row end again, having a look for any others I could find further east, but nothing.
St Pratt's Well
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
St Pratt's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy on 23rd Sep 2006. St Pratt’s Well flows with beautifully clear water.
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Log Text: To the Blisland Inn for a wonderful crab sandwich and a pint of King Buddha's Blisland Special before driving back to Bristol, stopping for a proper look at this cross.
Cardinham Moor stone
Date Added: 4th Jul 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cardinham Moor stone submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jun 2022. Standing stone on Cardinham Moor, near to St Bellarmin's Tor
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Log Text: Standing stone, and a couple of prostrate slabs and stumps on Cardinham Moor, beyond what is described as the southern end of the stone row. From the leaning pillar which is described as Stone 1 of the stone row, I could see another stone standing to the south, so went for a look, where I found a couple more. These stones are further to the south, and in as good a line as the rest of the stone row (its not straight, is it!). They also show up on the detailed OS maps (about SX 131 712). Which begs the question. Is the leaning pillar really the southern end of the stone row? Is this stone a separate entity? Or could it be a continuation of the stone row?
Blisland Millennium Stone
Date Added: 7th Jul 2022
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Blisland Millennium Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2022. A large granite standing stone in the village of Blisland commemorating the Millennium
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Log Text: A large granite standing stone in the village of Blisland commemorating the Millennium
St Teath Cross
Date Added: 7th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
St Teath Cross submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Jul 2022. Lovely tall cross in the churchyard at St Teath.
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Log Text: Lovely tall cross in the churchyard at St Teath, not far from the White Hart. Ambience somewhat spoiled by all the signs below it.
Constantine Island
Date Added: 7th Jul 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Constantine Island submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2022. Remnants of the barrow on the seaward side of the islet
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Log Text: A long walk round Trevose Head starting at Constantine. I cross Constantine Beach, and climb up for a look on the islet between Constantine and Booby's beaches. Is this remains of a cairn? Moving on, I drop down into Booby's Bay, hoping to see the remnants of the S.V. Carl shipwreck, but the sands have covered most of it up again.
Harlyn Bay
Date Added: 7th Jul 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2022
Harlyn Bay submitted by mikeaitch on 10th Jul 2009. Harlyn Bay is my favorite place to be in the world, a view which appears to have been shared by our ancestors since ancient times.
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Log Text: Walk all the way around the coast to Harlyn, where I think I pass the ancient burial grounds. Now desperate for a pint I am expecting to find the pub once up off the beach by the bridge. I found no signs of what I remember as a little museum with remains, or indeed, more annoyingly at the time after a long hot walk, the pub, as everything is all being rebuilt into lots of expensive appartments, so a good thing I did carry a pasty, but I really could haver done with a pint. Very tempting to gatecrash in on a large wedding event at marquees in the fields nearby!
Showery Tor Ring Cairn
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Showery Tor Ring Cairn submitted by Bladup on 21st Jul 2015. Showery Tor Ring Cairn.
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Log Text: A day to climb up Roughtor and Brown Willy. Start off up to Showery Tor with its splendid ring cairn around the cheesewring on top.
Roughtor settlement
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roughtor settlement submitted by Bladup on 21st Apr 2013. Inside the amazing Roughtor Neolithic settlement.
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Log Text: Around the top of the Roughtor hilltop, from Little Roughtor in the northeast to the main Roughtor summit in the southwest, can be seen the remains of a stone bank encircling the hilltop. In places this stone bank remains very significant, but in other places, particularly on the steeper slopes, it is less significant, probably due to stones falling off and rolling down the hillside amongst all of the other clitter. There are remains of a few cairns and hut circles within this enclosure.
Brown Willy Cairn S
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Brown Willy Cairn S submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Jul 2022. On a lesser summit at the southern end of the ridgetop is a large round cairn
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Log Text: Walk south along the Brown Willy ridgetop, and there is a really splendid cairn at the southern top.
Fernacre Outlier
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Fernacre Outlier submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2005. Fernacre Stone Circle.
Radially outwards from the large triangular stone at a distance of about 50 metres, is a pink granite stone, quite possibly an outlier of some kind.
View looking west towards Louden Hill, into the sun and haze.
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Log Text: Down from Brown Willy, I walk around the western end of Roughtor, firstly visiting Fernacre stone circle with its outlier.
Fernacre
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Fernacre submitted by Andy B on 8th Oct 2003.
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Log Text: Walking around Fernacre stone circle today I counted 53 stones, plus the outlier. There are no doubt more under the grassy tufts. Its splendid here today, although the overcast sky makes it bad for photos
Roughtor South
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Roughtor South submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Apr 2005. A hut circle at the Roughtor South village. Many of the buildings here seem to be complex double or treble roomed dwellings.
View looking north towards Roughtor itself.
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Log Text: North of the stone circle, and south of the bulk of Roughtor are the remains of a large and complex settlement
Roughtor north
Date Added: 24th Jul 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roughtor north submitted by bec-zog on 26th Mar 2004. ROUGH TOR SX141815
Prehistoric Bronze Age landscape: well preserved group of hut circles, cairns, burial chambers & associated structures.
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Log Text: To the northwest of the bulk of Roughtor is a very large and strung out settlement, and cairns.
Dry Tree Menhir
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dry Tree Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Aug 2022. A glorious mix of ancient standing stone, juxtaposed beside all the hiTech tracking station dishes, especially as the sun was setting behind hazy clouds.
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Log Text: After an afternoon visiting Kynance Cove and Lizard Point, then dinner at the Witchball, it is getting late, and I want to go find the Dry Tree menhir beside Goonhilly Downs Earth Station. Park in the nature reserve car park and a lovely walk all around, to find the glorious mix of ancient standing stone and tumuli, juxtaposed beside all the hiTech tracking station dishes. Lovely in the setting sun.
Chysauster Fogou
Date Added: 6th Aug 2022
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chysauster Fogou submitted by enkidu41 on 26th Apr 2004. SW 4720 3483
Only 2 roofing lintels remain of this fogou associated with Chysauster Courtyard House village. The English Heritage response to the cost of restoration is sadly predictable.
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Log Text: Day down to Penwith and start with a visit to Chysauster, which is looking magnificent. Just love it with all the wildflowers out. Once in the site, over to the right hand side is the fogou, sadly fenced off and said to be unsafe, as it was when I came here in the 1980's. Shame it cant be made accessible.
Chysauster
Date Added: 6th Aug 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chysauster submitted by cromagnonman on 2nd Mar 2011. Part of Chysauster taken at sunrise. Spring 2011
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Log Text: Day down to Penwith and start with a visit to Chysauster, which is looking magnificent on this bluesky morning, I just love it with all the wildflowers out. A lot of tidying work has been done around most of the houses, and some informative signs installed, along with a raised viewing area allowing a vision of the whole site. So fabulous to see this wonderful ancient village again.