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Submitted by Bladup on Monday, 10 July 2023  Page Views: 214

Natural PlacesSite Name: Upidas Outcrop
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: St. Martin's (Isles of Scilly)
Map Ref: SV92911543
Latitude: 49.959871N  Longitude: 6.28329W
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.
4 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
5

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Upidas Outcrop
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Rock Outcrop in Cornwall

Upidas Outcrop, Clearly there was also once a prehistoric settlement here as four granite bowls or bowl querns were found near Upidas outcrop. They measure: 48cm external diameter by 33cm internal diameter by 28cm high; 48cm external diameter by 38cm internal diameter by 28cm high; 28cm external diameter by 20cm internal diameter by 25cm high; 30cm external diameter by 20cm internal diameter by 35cm high. There is also a fragment of a bowl or saddle quern, 40cm by 25cm by 17cm high; a fragment of a granite bowl, 48cm external diameter by 30cm high; a fragment of a saddle quern, 38cm by 25cm by 10cm high; 2 post-holed stones (the largest is 36cm by 36cm by 33cm high, with a depression 18cm diameter by 18cm deep).
A collection of granite objects were recorded in 1985 in the garden of Upidas. The stones are partially hidden below gorse bushes near the back door of the cottage.
The top and bottom stones of a rotary quern in very good condition are amongst the collection of stones at Upidas. They measure 53cm diameter. There are also two unfinished bottom stones of rotary querns, both roughly finished into a round shape and with depressions on either side. They measure 38cm and 40cm in diameter. A waterworn holed stone, 51cm by 33cm by 10cm high with a hole, 10cm diameter, at one end, is probably an anchor stone. There is also a fragment of a granite beach boulder, 23cm by 20cm by 13cm high with an inscription that looks incredibly like a bench mark.
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Upidas Outcrop
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SV9215 : Signal Row in Higher Town, St Martins, Isles of Scilly by John Davey
by John Davey
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SV9215 : Cottages on St Martin's by Oliver Dixon
by Oliver Dixon
©2011(licence)
SV9215 : Houses on Cruther's Neck by Andrew Abbott
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SV9215 : Methodist's Chapel on St. Martin's by Simon Leatherdale
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©2010(licence)
SV9215 : Higher Town, St Martin's, Scilly by John Rostron
by John Rostron
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