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Submitted by maengurta on Monday, 19 March 2007  Page Views: 8612

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wheal Buller
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St Just in Penwith  Nearest Village: Newbridge
Map Ref: SW4025431857
Latitude: 50.129799N  Longitude: 5.635808W
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.
 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
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Wheal Buller
Wheal Buller submitted by maengurta : Wheal Buller (Vote or comment on this photo)
This stone was apparently re-erected in the early eighties. It is about 11 foot and very chunky. Easily visible from the A3071 St Just - Penzance road, the stone is set in a low hedge at Wheal Buller Farm on the B3318 Pendeen road.
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Wheal Buller submitted by AngieLake : Wheal Buller has almost disappeared under his coat of ivy! (It also turned very misty that late afternoon at the end of May). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wheal Buller submitted by LiveAndrew : Wheal Buller stone photographed while I quickly pulled over into the farm track after leaving a walk up Carn Kenidjack. A pain to blindly reverse back out of! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wheal Buller submitted by DrNickLeB : Wheal Buller menhir (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wheal Buller submitted by maengurta : Wheal Buller menhir looking south. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wheal Buller submitted by Horatio : I took 3 photos taken of this stone from 3 different angles and you wouldn't think it was the same stone. Pointed, rounded and angular depending on which view, pretty strange....

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Wheal Buller submitted by Bladup : Wheal Buller.

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Wheal Buller Settlement
Wheal Buller Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wheal Buller Settlement, where it's not ploughed.

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Wheal Buller submitted by DrNickLeB : Wheal Buller menhir

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Wheal Buller submitted by DrNickLeB

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Wheal Buller submitted by DrNickLeB

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Re: Wheal Buller by Bladup on Monday, 18 July 2016
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Not re-erected because it wasn't proven that it had ever stood, eg - no stone hole was found. A big stone was found and was presumed to have once been a standing stone [It may or may not have been] and erected.
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Re: Wheal Buller by Anonymous on Tuesday, 29 January 2013
This menhir was found on its side in a ditch when we built a stone wall along the track leading to Wheal Buller, which we owned between 1989 & 1999, in 1989 and reerected on site by a local builder for us. Good to see it on your site.Steve & Judi Sawyer
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    Re: Wheal Buller by Palden on Saturday, 12 March 2016
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    Hello Steve and Judi.

    Palden here, from Botrea Farm. I'm wondering whether you're able to give a map ref for the place where you found the stone - or perhaps I can visit you to chat about it?

    Best wishes, Palden.
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Re: Wheal Buller by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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