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Penzance Market Cross
Date Added: 27th May 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Penzance Market Cross submitted by Stonefly on 5th Aug 2011. The south-facing side.
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Log Text: Lovely market cross with carvings on one side (one appears to be a little guy). Easy to access with a cafe right beside it up a few steps.
St Mary's Cross
Date Added: 27th May 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Mary's Cross submitted by Bladup on 12th Jan 2017. St Mary's Cross.
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Log Text: Despite being clearly destroyed/damaged it's still a lovely stone with a nice view out of the churchyard to the sea.
Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Men-An-Tol submitted by karolus on 5th Jan 2023. Men-An-Tol Winter Solstice set, 2022
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Log Text: The considerable die back during winter means it's easy to see this site from the boskednan stone circle.
Men Scryfa
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Men Scryfa submitted by BazCross on 22nd Apr 2007. Midsummer dawn at the Men Scryfa standing stone. The oblique angle of the newly risen sun helps pick out the inscription
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Log Text: Still a great stone, tried to take a rubbing of the carvings but didn't manage too.
Four Parishes Rock
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Four Parishes Rock submitted by Bladup on 4th Dec 2017. Four Parishes Rock, I believe the right hand side of this stone is a slightly different colour because it was once in the ground (for a long time), therefore making this a former Standing Stone. The weathering at the other end (left) is also going in the right direction if made when stood up. Ding Dong mine is visible on the right.
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Log Text: Gorgeous stone with the most obvious cross on top, with a second cross on the south side and carvings beneath it.
Boskednan Menhir 2
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Boskednan Menhir 2 submitted by maengurta on 21st Jun 2007. Standing stone on the West Penwith moors.
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Log Text: Very much with a lean to it, initially thought it was part of the cairn.
Boskednan A
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Boskednan A submitted by AngieLake on 15th Oct 2004. This view of the 'destroyed barrow'/cairn near Carn Galva, shows its alignment with Ding Dong mine on the horizon. Boskednan circle is on slightly lower ground not far from here, and on an alignment between the 'barrow'/cairn and the
mine building. The flat sides of the pointed stones face north/south. (This pic was taken at 4pm in March 2004).
The stones sit on a higher ridge at 227m.
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Log Text: Hard to find from a distance but once you're in it you figure out what it is fairly quickly.
Boskednan Menhir 1
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Boskednan Menhir 1 submitted by theCaptain on 14th Oct 2014. From my dim memories, I thought that the menhir was somewhere between the stone circle and the cairns along the path towards Men-an-Tol.
On the way back I notice indeed there is a stump and perhaps a fallen stone right on the pathway where I was expecting it, is it remains of a pair?
Pipers perhaps?
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Log Text: A very sad little stump, it's ambience is definitely enhanced by the Boskednan stone circle behind it.
Boskednan stone circle
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1
Boskednan stone circle submitted by JimChampion on 22nd Aug 2005. The portal stones illuminated by the last rays of the setting sun. The tallest one (on the left) has a diagonal groove present on this and the opposite side. The holes that the restored stones were raised from have been covered with pegged down foliage, presumably to encourage regrowth on the bare earth.
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Log Text: A long walk but worth it - stunning circle despite being a few stones short.
Bosiliack Barrow
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by LiveAndrew on 20th Aug 2021. Bosiliack Barrow
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Log Text: Much, much easier to find during winter with all the vegetation dying back! Easily visible over the tops of the vegetation.
Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lanyon Quoit submitted by Bladup on 24th Dec 2022. Lanyon Quoit after Sunset on the Winter Solstice 2022
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Log Text: Lovely quoit as usual, didn't get a chance to check out the old cist remainds behind it yet again though.
Boswens Menhir
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Boswens Menhir submitted by cazzyjane on 14th Nov 2010. Boswens Menhir. November 2010.
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Log Text: Stunning Menhir standing out alone close to The Gump (Woon Gumpus Common) - I expect it to get a lot more foot traffick after Enys Men, however during my visit it was absolutely empty and nobody around for kilometers.
Chun Castle
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Chun Castle submitted by h_fenton on 28th Feb 2011. An almost vertical view of Chûn Castle, this photo is composed of 45 Kite Aerial photograph s that have been stitched together using Microsoft ICE, I think this image is slightly warped but it does give a good overview of Chûn Castle.
The bottom of the photograph is roughly north.
10 April 2010
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Log Text: Stunning hill fort, very windy during winter.
Chun Quoit
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Chun Quoit submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Jun 2022. Sunset at Chun tonight, 15 June 2022
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Log Text: Visted Lanyon Quoit many times but this was my first time here - absolutely stunning example of a quoit. Humbling to consider this was considered ancient by the folks that built the hill fort, spent a lot of time sitting and trying to take stone rubbings of it.
Portheras Barrow
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Portheras Barrow submitted by chris-b on 11th Jun 2010. Overview of the site
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Log Text: Quite easy to reach from a trail start right near a road, gorgeous barrow with a chambered area that's almost invisible until you're on top of the barrow or at the right angle outside of the stone perimiter.
Boslow Cross
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Boslow Cross submitted by JimChampion on 24th Oct 2007. August 2007. The southern side of the Boslow Cross, alongside a grassy path.
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Log Text: Two options for access - via a long trail from a road that seems to be used by vehicles frequently, or an incredibly muddy slog on a trial that continues across a road to The Gump in the other direction. Visited after there'd been some considerable lichen growth and couldn't entirely see the carvings, but still a lovely stone.
Higher Boscaswell Well
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Higher Boscaswell Well submitted by cazzyjane on 21st Jul 2010. A pretty well, though now much neglected and dry.
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Log Text: Did not intend to find this - saw it while walking along a track that's used as an access road to various points. Gorgeous well with easy access to view it from the road, and solid steps to go down to the water level.
Helland House Ancient Cornish Cross
Date Added: 29th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Helland House Ancient Cornish Cross submitted by hamish on 31st Jul 2010. This is the front of the Cross.
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Log Text: Lovely little cross, didn't mean to find it but stumbled across it on a walk.
St Andrew's Church (Gallowgate)
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Tyne and Wear)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
St Andrew's Church (Gallowgate) submitted by Anne T on 21st Oct 2019. Ryder's Newcastle (St Andrew's Church) 1. Described as "(an) incised sandstone slab, set in the floor of Trinity Chapel, against the north wall. The simple cross has terminals with sharply angular ‘buds’ between short rounded ‘leaves’; semi-circular arch base. Mason’s (or carpenter’s?) square behind and to left of shaft. Thirteenth century?"
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Log Text: Lovely carved rock but very hard to find, need to have a good look in the floor for it.
Hedda Stone
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cambridgeshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Hedda Stone submitted by Thorgrim on 31st Jan 2006. The Hedda Stone in Peterborough Cathedral
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Log Text: Delightful stone in a stunning cathedral. Had to ask at the informational desk if I could see it due to a flower show but the staff are friendly and all too eager to show it to visitors. There's still a lot of mystery surrounding it apparently, and it's not the only stone of it's age in the church - there's a piece of anglo-saxon knotwork built into one of the columns near another informational sign in the south transept.