Stiogha Chnap Propped Stone SC1

SC1: NB13715 39472. The feature to which the writer had originally been directed. A wedge-shaped slab tapering 50cm to 5cm, 200cm x 330cm. A very imposing lunullar shape with two props, the smaller being a mass of mineral including a large amount of rose quartz very similar in hue to the props at CG2 and 4. ‘Dot’s Stone’, on West Penwith, Cornwall, (SW42692 36165) is a substantial block elevated by a similar cobble consisting essentially of a mass of mineral – with no similar stones being evident within a 200m radius. The thinner edge of the slab is deckled as if there have been several percussive removals, and it does ring when struck – this is very similar to a feature at the head of the Rydal valley in Cumbria.