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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gwallon Longstone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Cornwall

Submitted by maengurta on Friday, 03 August 2007  Page Views: 12212

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gwallon Longstone Alternative Name: Mount Charles Menhir, Devils walking stick.
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St Austell
Map Ref: SX02965212
Latitude: 50.335971N  Longitude: 4.770192W
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.
 3 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.
 4 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
 4

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lucasn visited on 16th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 3

markj99 visited on 29th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 3 I was frustrated to find the stone was inaccessible in Penrice Community College grounds protected by a wire mesh fence. Perhaps I will revisit out of school hours.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 2.5 Access: 3

Gwallon Longstone
Gwallon Longstone submitted by maengurta : Suburbanite longstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Gwallon Longstone (rumoured to be the tallest in Cornwall outside of Penwith) is located within the grounds of Penrice Community College, Porthpean Road close to the centre of St Austell.

The stone is a granite whopper of some 12ft and is a remarkable survivor given its position within the urban sprawl of St Austell. Associated with a now vanished barrow cemetary the longstone is probably best visited when school is on holiday, or by prior arrangment. Access by footpath from Porthpean Road.
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Gwallon Longstone submitted by mikeaitch : Acting as a corner flag on Penrice school playing fields, shot taken during school holidays 02/04/2010 (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by mikeaitch : Gwallon Longstone is a very imposing stone at around 12ft and stands in the middle of Penrice school playing fields, impressive nonetheless given it's odd environment. 02/04/2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by postman : Over in the corner is the gate we didn't climb over. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by postman : Seeing as we were staying in St Austell we had to come see this stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by postman : Postman jnr and a weelie bin for scale

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by maengurta : Unfortunately severed from its landscape context, the school buildings don't do much to enhance the ambience- but at least its still there and hopefully safe from further development.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by maengurta : Gwallon Menhir- whopping!

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : Gwallon Longstone and the sun.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : The wonderful Gwallon Longstone.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : Gwallon Longstone with a school bin for a friend. All this stone wants is a kid to pass the football to it.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : Gwallon Longstone. Out comes the sun.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : Gwallon Longstone. It's been at this school for all these years and still hasn't learnt anything or even grown at all.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : Gwallon Longstone. You can't meet a nicer standing stone.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : The lovely Gwallon Longstone.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by Bladup : Gwallon Longstone.

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Gwallon Longstone submitted by theCaptain : It was easy enough to walk along the public footpath surrounding the college grounds on the south side and see the stone from there, but not so simple to get a decent view because of the high fences. The nice stone has a friend in the form of a wheelie bin keeping it company.

Gwallon Longstone
Gwallon Longstone submitted by theCaptain : I managed to get a couple of pictures by climbing on top of the wall beside the footpath in a gap between the bushes, and then by holding my camera above my head to take the pictures. This was all very frustrating as there were many people running around the playing fields surrounding the stone, but there was no obvious way in from the outside. The nice stone has a friend in the form of a wh...

Gwallon Longstone
Gwallon Longstone submitted by theCaptain : It was easy enough to walk along the public footpath surrounding the college grounds on the south side and see the stone from there, but not so simple to get a decent view because of the high fences.

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Re: Gwallon Longstone by Anonymous on Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Are we allowed to go closer?
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Re: Gwallon Longstone by TheCaptain on Saturday, 06 December 2014
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Having had an afternoon at the Lost Gardens of Helligan, decided to call in on this stone on the way back to Padstow.

It was easy enough to walk along the public footpath surrounding the college grounds on the south side and see the stone from there, but not so simple to get a decent view because of the high fences. I managed to get a couple of pictures by climbing on top of the wall beside the footpath in a gap between the bushes, and then by holding my camera above my head to take the pictures.

This was all very frustrating as there were many people running around the playing fields surrounding the stone, but there was no obvious way in from the outside. The nice stone has a friend and companion in the form of a wheelie bin keeping it company.
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    Re: Gwallon Longstone by Anonymous on Saturday, 11 January 2020
    I would be very careful doing that. Penrice academy takes safe guarding incredibly seriously and if they caught you taking photos during school times they’re the sort to take civil action.
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      Re: Gwallon Longstone by Bladup on Sunday, 12 January 2020
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      The stone was there long before any school was though, The standing stone should have always had it's own access, so it can be visited by everyone - anytime, as it is it's just another way to separate us from our heritage, i've been to visit it a couple of times in the school holidays, but to be honest if i want to visit my heritage whenever i like, i should be able to do so!!!
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Re: Gwallon Longstone by Anonymous on Wednesday, 22 October 2008
I just wanted to correct you that the Gwallon Longstone stands in the grounds of Penrice Community College, there is no Mount Charles secondary school, there is however a Mount Charles primary school which people may visit by mistake.
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