<< Our Photo Pages >> The Hurlers Avenue - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Hurlers Avenue Alternative Name: Minions stone rowCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Liskeard Nearest Village: Minions
Map Ref: SX2576371864
Latitude: 50.520558N Longitude: 4.459271W
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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SandyG visited on 3rd May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SX 25967 71126. From here follow the footpath to the three stone circles known as The Hurlers. Head north towards the Cheesewring and the row will be found adjacent to the footpath.
hevveh TheCaptain have visited here
From what I saw (Sept 2013) the two approximately parallel lines of stones are (from memory) about 15 metres from each other, and stones can be found at about 10 metre spacings. The rows seemed fairly definite and "easy" to spot approaching from the south, and disappeared into the rougher and fern covered ground to the north.
Thanks to the people digging at The Hurlers for this information, first noted by Peter Herring in 2009.
Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Minions, which includes a description, a simplified plan of the row from surveys carried out in June 2017 and May 2018, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, plus access information. The SRoGB tells us there are clearly definable visual links with the cairns on the summits of Brown Gelly, Brown Willy, the Cheesewring and the sea, and illustrates these links with photographs.
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