<< Our Photo Pages >> Leskernick NW - Stone Circle in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leskernick NW Alternative Name: Lesternick 2Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Launceston Nearest Village: Bolventor
Map Ref: SX18587992 Landranger Map Number: 201
Latitude: 50.590749N Longitude: 4.56442W
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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LordMureth visited on 30th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 2
TheCaptain have visited here
Once the first, southern, circle had been found, it was relatively simple to find the second, northern circle, which is about half a kilometre to the north, across the saddle towards Leskernick Hill, and look for the obvious standing stones, of which there are two, before you get to the remains of the ancient village.
I counted 11 stones remaining in the circle, and paced out a diameter of 23 metres, which going by today's paces, would make it more like 25 metres. The two standing stones are pretty much opposite to each other and about a metre high. The rest of the stones are fallen and buried, and again about a metre in length, but much more blocky than the slab stones of circle 1. In the middle of the circle is a large fallen slab, three to four metres in length, which if it was originally standing here would have been impressive.
It is said that this circle was only discovered in the 1980's or 1990s. Quite remarkable really, as it seemed fairly clear to me. What else is there out here, waiting to be found.
Note: Roy G and TimeSeekers to clear and re-expose the Leskernick Hill circles and row, see the most recent comment on our page
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141m SE 133° Leskernick cairn* Cairn (SX18687982)
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293m WSW 250° Leskernick cist* Cist (SX18307983)
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502m NNW 327° Leskernick Hill cairn* Cairn (SX18328035)
977m NE 35° Westmoor Cairns* Cairn (SX19178070)
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2.3km SSW 206° Tolborough Tor Cairn* Cairn (SX175779)
2.3km SSW 205° Tolborough Tor stone row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX17547787)
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