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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leskernick Hill RowCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Launceston Nearest Village: Bolventor
Map Ref: SX1884979885 Landranger Map Number: 201
Latitude: 50.590518N Longitude: 4.560607W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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SandyG visited on 27th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 I had the great fortune of being shown around the row by Roy Goutté and some members of the TimeSeekers Clearance Group, who were responsible for revealing many of the stones. I would like to thank them for their hospitality and sharing their considerable knowledge of the site. It was a pleasure to meet such interesting people.
This row has recently been partially cleared and recorded by the TimeSeekers Clearance Group led by Roy Goutté who found previously unrecorded stones and a possible cist. This work also revealed a visual treat which is certainly worth mentioning. Along the entire length of the row until the western end is reached at a point they call The Terminal, Brown Gelly complete with cairn on top is completely invisible. However, at the Terminal the cairn at the top of Brown Gelly is suddenly revealed though the hill itself remains hidden from view (Goutté, 2016, 3) Another example of a very precise visual relationship between a row and its landscape. The cumulative evidence for these visual links illustrates that the stone rows were carefully placed within the landscape to acknowledge and celebrate them. Goutté notes a second visual link available from The Terminal. At this point he notes that Brown Willy is perfectly framed in the saddle of rising ground” (Goutté, 2016, 2). This is reminiscent of the view available from the lower end of the Yar Tor stone alignment on Dartmoor.
In common with all the longer rows this alignment is far from straight and Goutté has identified a point close to the tinners’ gully where the orientation of the row shifts. This point may have been of particular significance to the row builders or may indicate an extension to the original row.
Limited parking is available at SX 20389 80372. From here follow the path westward to the row.
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This stone row is recorded in the RCMH Bodmin Moor survey as being 317 metres in length, with 0.2 metre tall stones spaced at 4.5 metre intervals, running between SX 1870 7986 to SX 1901 7991, with a possible stone setting at the western end.
I found three fairly large flat slabs in about the right place for the western end, and assumed that these are the “stone setting” at the western end. Following the supposed line of the row towards the east from here, I only found three or four more stones standing above the long grass, and about half a dozen more stones in total, but I suspect that with more time to hunt around, many more could be found when the grass is shorter, and if it had been a drier summer.
At about the middle of the row, the ground is much disturbed, I assume by ancient tin mining from several hundred years ago. Although one or two possible row stones could be seen in this, I could find nothing more of the row to the east of here.
Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Leskernick, which includes a description, simplified plans of the stone row, its cist and terminal feature, photographs of the row and the individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The SRoGB also includes photographs illustrating the different landscape reveals which come into play as you progress along the row, adding: "The most significant landscape reveal is however provided at the western end of the row where the cairns on the summit of Brown Gelly appear only as you reach the terminal. These cairns are hidden from view along the entire length of the row making an appearance only at the end. When there it feels as if the terminal point was chosen to provide and celebrate this significant reveal".
The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 433037 and as HER 3195 (LESKERNICK - Neolithic stone alignment, Bronze Age stone alignment) on the Cornwall and Scilly HER. The row is also scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1461019 (Leskernick stone alignment).
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163m WSW 237° Leskernick* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18717980)
181m WSW 247° Leskernick cairn* Cairn (SX18687982)
247m S 185° Leskernick SE* Stone Circle (SX18827964)
270m W 275° Leskernick NW* Stone Circle (SX18587992)
511m W 281° Leskernick Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18358000)
550m W 262° Leskernick cist* Cist (SX18307983)
599m WNW 292° Leskernick 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1829880125)
651m WNW 297° Leskernick Quoit* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1827980202)
703m NW 309° Leskernick Hill cairn* Cairn (SX18328035)
875m NNE 19° Westmoor Cairns* Cairn (SX19178070)
923m ESE 117° The Beacon Cist* Cist (SX19667944)
995m S 178° Trezelland stone setting* Standing Stones (SX18857889)
1.0km SE 124° The Beacon Cairns* Cairn (SX19677928)
1.1km SE 138° Elephant Rock* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX19557905)
1.6km NE 39° West Moor Possible Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1987081077)
1.6km ENE 57° Westmoorgate circle* Stone Circle (SX20258073)
1.7km NE 52° Westmoorgate cairn* Cairn (SX2020680866)
2.1km SW 229° Catshole Quoit* Chambered Tomb (SX17227856)
2.3km NW 320° Buttern Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX17478167)
2.3km N 359° Bray Down Cairns* Cairn (SX18908216)
2.3km SSW 198° Tolborough Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1807877741)
2.3km SW 224° Catshole Downs long cairn* Chambered Cairn (SX172783)
2.4km SSW 212° Tolborough Tor Cairn* Cairn (SX175779)
2.4km SSW 211° Tolborough Tor stone row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX17547787)
2.5km E 97° Spettigue Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX21307952)
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