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

Submitted by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 16 November 2004  Page Views: 6585

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boswednack Menhir
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: St. Ives  Nearest Village: Zennor
Map Ref: SW4438937874
Latitude: 50.185603N  Longitude: 5.582109W
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.
 2 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
 4

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Boswednack Menhir
Boswednack Menhir submitted by enkidu41 : A slightly undignified end for a substantial stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 1.8 metre high menhir now used as a gatepost. It has probably been moved a short distance from its original location. It now stands close to the south side of the B3306 just over a mile west of Zennor.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SW4437 : Stone wall and stone gatepost, Old Boswednack by David Smith
by David Smith
©2016(licence)
SW4437 : The B3306 at Boswednack by David Medcalf
by David Medcalf
©2009(licence)
SW4437 : Still standing by Malcolm Kewn
by Malcolm Kewn
©2011(licence)
SW4437 : B3306 approaches Boswednack by Stuart Logan
by Stuart Logan
©2012(licence)
SW4438 : Poniou Cottage by Chris Morgan
by Chris Morgan
©2024(licence)

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Re: Boswednack Menhir by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 24 September 2014
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Having had a look round here last week, I can say that the gatepost stone in the photo, and that in the streetview image are not the same stone.

I was not 100% convinced by either, although both could once have been menhirs
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    Re: Boswednack Menhir by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 24 September 2014
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    I wonder where the one in the photo is? There's another menhir-like gatepost down the road, here:
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    And two more here:
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      Re: Boswednack Menhir by Bladup on Thursday, 04 February 2016
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      The Streetmap stone is the map ref Pastscape gives [SW44393787], and the stone in enkidu41's photo is found just off the [southern side of the] road at the Western edge of the village [SW44253770], It's just visible on Streetmap, I agree with the captain that both stones are very dubious and were probably never standing stones at all, If you started looking at big gatepost stones as old standing stones down here you'd probably drive yourself mad [as there's that many big ones].
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Re: Boswednack Menhir by coldrum on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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