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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) - Rock Outcrop in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 15 October 2022  Page Views: 288

Natural PlacesSite Name: Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Rock Outcrop

Map Ref: SW50003638
Latitude: 50.174587N  Longitude: 5.502682W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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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Cuckoo Rock
Cuckoo Rock submitted by Bladup : The upright stone below the Cuckoo Rock outcrop was clearly once part of something at the site, It looks like it's holding up the outcrop from this angle but in fact it doesn't actually touch it (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Outcrop in Cornwall

Cuckoo Hill has a large outcrop called Cuckoo Rock on top of it, It has the remains of a small rectangular building of unknown date built between smaller outcrops and in the book - Popular Romances of the West of England (1903) it says that on Cuckoo Hill, eastward of Nancledrea, there stood, but a few years since, two piles of rock about eight feet apart, and these were united by a large flat stone carefully placed upon them,--thus forming a doorway which was, as my informant told me, "large and high enough to drive a horse and cart through." It was formerly the custom to march in procession through this "doorway" in going to the twelve-o'clock stone.
The stone-mason has, however, been busy hereabout; and every mass of granite, whether rendered notorious by the Giants or holy by the Druids, if found to be of the size required, has been removed.
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Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup : Cuckoo Rock (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup : Showing the Settlement site (of unknown date) next to the main Outcrop (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup : Cuckoo Rock (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup : The remains of some sort of settlement at Cuckoo Rock outcrop (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup : The remains of a small rectangular building of unknown date built between outcrops (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall)
Cuckoo Rock (Cornwall) submitted by Bladup : Cuckoo Rock

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