<< Our Photo Pages >> Moorgate menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Moorgate menhirCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Camelford
Map Ref: SX11348196
Latitude: 50.606779N Longitude: 4.667626W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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lucasn visited on 19th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
markj99 visited on 30th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Moorgate Menhir is one of the taller standing stones in Cornwall and easily accessible from a path. What's not to like?
hamish TheCaptain ocifant cazzyjane have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
Nearby the menhir in the western end of the field is a strange area of uncultivated land, covered in many stones. It is possible that these are all just field clearance stones which have been dragged here, but some of them look very ancient and make interesting looking features. Indeed, at one point there are several stones standing on edge, which could easily be the remains of a burial chamber or settlement?
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