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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Photograph from an information board at the nearby Goonhilly Downs public car park. The caption reads: 5 parish boundaries meet at Dry Tree. The 3.2 metre standing stone or "menhir" was probably transported to the site in the early Bronze Age. It was re-erected in its present location in 1928." |
| Posted Comments: JimChampion
(2007-10-24) | Now that I look at this old photo again... isn't that a man riding an elephant in the background on the left?!? | kelpie
(2007-10-24) | Heh, it certainly looks like it, how strange. | JimChampion
(2007-10-24) | An elephant in Cornwall in 1928? (Or 1927, as I've read elsewhere). The re-erection was done by Cornish quarrymen - not usually known for their use of elephants. | kelpie
(2007-10-24) | Well the first elephant in England was in 1255, perhaps this one had gone feral and had been re-domesticated by the quarrymen :) | AngieLake
(2007-10-24) | I expect there was a travelling circus in the area, and, knowing how they were used in India for pulling heavy weights, they thought they'd use the elephant to make the re-erection easier for them? Maybe this was after poor 'Jumbo' failed! (Or is that 'Dumbo'?!) | Jojo
(2007-10-24) | looks like a front view of a heavy laden horse and cart to me. With straw overhanging the sides. | thecaptain
(2007-10-24) | By Jingo. I reckon you are right. Pity its not an elephant, it does look like one, and what a lovely story it would be ! | JimChampion
(2007-10-24) | The full-resolution picture I took is no clearer, but I think that I'm seeing an elephant because I *want* to see an elephant. Not because it is there. | kelpie
(2007-10-24) | Aww, I preferred it when I could see the elephant, but I think Jojo's right. |
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