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

Submitted by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 16 November 2004  Page Views: 7334

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Toldavas
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: St. Buryan
Map Ref: SW42662671  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.084648N  Longitude: 5.598745W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 1 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.
 3 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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Toldavas submitted by Bladup : Toldavas Standing Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This bulky earthfast boulder stands in a field by the side of a track and footpath leading from the B3283 2 kms north east of St. Buryan, to Toldavas Farm. It is about 3'6" high and nearly as wide.

Its prehistoric significance is unknown but seems to rest on the fact that it lies on the November sunrise line from Boscawen-un to Trelew identified some 100 years ago by Sir Norman Lockyer.

The stone lies on private ground in a crop field.
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Toldavas submitted by Bladup : Toldavas Standing Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Toldavas submitted by Bladup : Toldavas Standing Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Toldavas
Toldavas submitted by enkidu41 : View from the north west over the cauliflowers.

Toldavas
Toldavas submitted by enkidu41 : View from the south west. Unfortunately, this year's crop was cauliflowers! (2 comments)

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Re: Toldavas by markj99 on Friday, 05 March 2021
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Toldavas is a squat standing stone in a cultivated field 150 yards W of Toldavas Farm. It measures c. 4x4x2 feet, resembling an erratic boulder more than a menhir. It would have been difficult to move this massive rock so it may be in its original location. Toldavas Standing Stone is included in Google Maps.

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Follow the A30 round Penzance continuing onto Drift. After another 0.75 miles take the B3283 Porthcurno/St Buryan L turn off. Travel c. 0.9 miles along this road to reach a crossroads. There is room to park on the L at Toldavas Farm Road. Walk c. 400 yards down the road. Toldavas Standing Stone is c. 30 yards into the field on the R. If the field is in crop you can walk down the field edge.
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