<< Our Photo Pages >> Men-an-tol Mound - Cairn in England in Cornwall

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Men-an-tol Mound
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SW42623502
Latitude: 50.159220N  Longitude: 5.604908W
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
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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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Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : At SW42623502 90m north of Men-an-tol is a mound 0.9m high. In the centre is a shallow depression 2.0m in diameter and 0.2m deep. Within this depression can be seen the top edge of a buried stone 1.3m long [seen in photo], It's orientated NW-SE. It appears to be a bowl barrow, and this view is strengthened by its situation, on high moorland near the Men-an-tol. The stone in the centre may be th... (Vote or comment on this photo)
90m north of Men-an-tol is a mound 0.9m high. In the centre is a shallow depression 2.0m in diameter and 0.2m deep. Within this depression can be seen the top edge of a buried stone 1.3m long

From Pastscape:
"Mound near Men-An-Tol - possibly, but not definitely, a cairn."
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=423745

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Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : Mên-an-Tol Cairn, Heritage Gateway (was called Pastscape) says "possibly, but not definitely, a cairn" - I say "100% definitely a cairn" - I've absolutely no idea why they had any doubts, Professionals eh!! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : Mên-an-Tol Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : The remaining cist stone (I don't have any doubt that it is) on top of the cairn (I also don't doubt that it is a cairn either) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : The top of Mên-an-Tol Cairn with the remaining cist stone (I don'thave any doubt myself that it is that) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : Mên-an-Tol Cairn

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : Heritage Gateway (was Pastscape) says "possibly, but not definitely, a cairn" - I say "100% definitely a cairn" - I've absolutely no idea why they had any doubts

Men-an-tol Mound
Men-an-tol Mound submitted by Bladup : At SW42623502 90m north of Men-an-tol is a mound 0.9m high, 9.0m in diameter and is quite circular. In the centre is a shallow depression 2.0m in diameter and 0.2m deep. Within this depression can be seen the top edge of a buried stone 1.3m long [seen in photo], It's orientated NW-SE. It appears to be a bowl barrow, and this view is strengthened by its situation, on high moorland near the Men-a...

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Re: Men-an-tol Mound by Bladup on Friday, 22 November 2024
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This sites Map Ref is wrong it should be SW42623502 (not SW4266835086 as it says above as there's nothing to be found at this map ref) , Also the site page says "Text Pages" not "Our photo pages" as it should be with photo's on it - These 2 photo's of the cairn at SW42623502 that i added years ago ended up on the Men-an-tol sitepage - http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=114494 and http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=114493 when it should only be on this sitepage under "Our photo pages" not "Text Pages", This is the Heritage Gateway entry for the site - http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO4465&resourceID=1020
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    Re: Men-an-tol Mound by TheCaptain on Friday, 22 November 2024
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    Hopefully now sorted Paul. Have a check pls
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      Re: Men-an-tol Mound by Bladup on Friday, 22 November 2024
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      All good and a brilliant job Martyn, Thank you, I'd delete my two messages but can't delete this one as it has a reply, I've got a few new photo's of these sites as they were cleared at the weekend, So hopefully they'll go on the right sitepage this time
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