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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Nicholas's Cathedral (Newcastle)
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Tyne and Wear)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Nicholas's Cathedral (Newcastle) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 13th Aug 2005. Elaborate Cross Slab, featuring two vertical sword shafts, similar to much smaller cross slabs found built into the fabric of the Norman wall in the ancient church at Old Ireby
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Log Text: A lot of rocks in one cathedral! Many carved rocks propped against various walls - some near the crypt and some directly across in one of the small enclaves. Wonderful carvings, a personal favourite is one of a sword handle & cross guard. Cathedral itself is stunning with gorgeous stained glass pieces & friendly staff.
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.
Great North Museum (Rock Art)
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Tyne and Wear)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Great North Museum (Rock Art) submitted by Anne T on 10th May 2018. On display in a case in the Prehistoric display on the ground floor. Comparing photographs, I think this is Fowberry Moor Farm, Island/Deershed Plantation Panel, ERA-1842, Beckensall 179. The panel is stained dark red due to peat staining.
Submitted with the kind permission of the Great North Museum.
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Log Text: Great collection of carved rock art. Quite small but all are labled with as much provenance information as possible, some gorgeous examples of cup & ring marks.
Great North Museum (Anglo Saxon Stones)
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Tyne and Wear)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Great North Museum (Anglo Saxon Stones) submitted by Anne T on 11th May 2018. This is the front of the Rothbury Cross head, described as one of the finest pieces of Anglo-Saxon sculpture from the Kingdom of Northumbria. It is carved with scenes of the crucifixion and other motifs. The museum sign says it was made about 100 years after the Lindisfarne Gospels but "clearly belongs to the same artistic tradition." From the collection of the Society of Antiquities of Newcastle upon Tyne. Submitted with the kind permission of the Great North Museum.
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Log Text: Great collection of items - some were removed for the Lindisfarne Gospells exhibition in the Laing Art Gallery. (We had also visited that & they are absolutely stunning examples of carved crosses).
Great North Museum
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Tyne and Wear)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Great North Museum submitted by durhamnature on 25th Jul 2012. The Great North Museum, formerly the Hancock. The best museum in the north east.
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Log Text: Fab museum with a plentiful amount of pieces inside - both older neolithic axes & newer pieces and artefacts from Hadrians wall. Fully reccomend it to anyone in the area since it's a great place to visit.
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.
The Ponteland Boulder
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Tyne and Wear)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
The Ponteland Boulder submitted by Anne T on 18th May 2015. This recently discovered boulder sits in the gardens of the Great North Museum, to the right hand side of the access road which leads to the bank of bins at the rear door of the museum.
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Log Text: Lovely rock right outside of the Hancock museum, didn't even see it at first but on exiting the museum it's obvious with an accompanying marker.
Rocky Valley
Date Added: 5th Nov 2022
Site Type: Carving
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Rocky Valley submitted by Thorgrim on 2nd Jul 2003. Two labyrinth carvings cut into rock face by a ruined mill. SX 073893 from car park off the B3263 to the north of Tintagel. Bronze Age or possibly later copies.
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Log Text: Stunning examples of Rock Carvings, regardless of the age. Worth a visit with a cloutie tree near by too.
Frogwell
Date Added: 21st Oct 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Frogwell submitted by jamesrattue on 12th Oct 2015. Frogwell near Callington, photographed 9th October 2013.
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St Gerrans church cross
Date Added: 7th Oct 2022
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
St Gerrans church cross submitted by hallsifer on 17th May 2022. St Gerrans Church Cross - Quite large when looking from the footpath!
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Log Text: None