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AngieLake
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|  Posted 29-01-2012 at 13:24
I hadn't realised how interesting Sunday morning TV could be.. not normally being in the habit of switching on the 'box' before 6pm!
I'm assuming you will be able to catch this programme on BBC iPlayer.
Today (29th January 2012), Country Tracks featured places in Cornwall, generally based on a journey from Padstow to Falmouth, taking in some inland sites as well.
At Men an Tol the presenter Joe Crowley was joined by Andy Norfolk who explained the probable layout of the original circle and the legends associated with the 'doughnut-shaped' stone. Before long he'd shown Joe how to use L-shaped rods to dowse where he believed the original stones of the circle lay, and the rather sceptical presenter (who'd never dowsed before) was astounded to find as he walked towards it from outside, that they reacted, by crossing, to the western [?] arc of the 'circle', and again just over the stub of a stone as he followed alongside the missing NW arc.
(OK, there are lots of stones in Cornwall, and we didn't actually see it up close, but he was persuaded!)
I'd have been interested to hear Andy Norfolk mention the fact that the round holed stone might be from the entrance to a passage tomb or chambered tomb, but he didn't say. (This is what I'd dowsed, and it had been twisted around to its present position.)
Also during the programme, the discovery of St Pirans Lost Oratory was featured, with an interview with a local [?] lady historian, standing beside the present-day monument that sits on top of the buried walls. (Could be a help in pinpointing that site if you're visiting the area?)
One other site featured was Rocky Valley, and the carved 'labyrinth' design on the rocks, which I've never seen in real life, and here looks rather 'modern'.
Arthurian fans will enjoy older footage of Julia Bradbury visiting Dozmary Pool, the legendary site of King Arthur's sword, Excalibur and the Lady of the Lake, and aerial views of Tintagel Castle.
[ This message was edited by: AngieLake on 2012-01-29 13:26 ]
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Andy_Norfolk
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| Posted 01-05-2012 at 14:37
I've only just noticed this message.
Yes - Joe Crowley was genuinely astonished that dowsing worked and it was not a set-up in any way.
I said a great many things about Men an Tol that didn't make it into the very short clip in the programme. I do know about theory about the holed stone being the entrance to a chambered tomb. However we don't seem to have any examples of that sort of thing in Cornwall and it seems to have come from examples from a long way away. I do agree tat the stone has been rotated through 90 degrees. It would have neatly framed moonrise at its southern major standstill.
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