Ancient Sites in West Penwith, Cornwall
Ancient sites in West Penwith, Cornwall, where I live.
For more about these, visit the Ancient Penwith website.
For more about these, visit the Ancient Penwith website.
Boscawen-ûn stone circle
is one of Britain's most intact
stone circles with
a unique quartz stone
is one of Britain's most intact
stone circles with
a unique quartz stone
and a leaning stone.
It's the south-westernmost
circle in Britain.
Mên Scryfa,
an inscribed menhir,
probably Bronze Age but
inscribed in the Iron Age.
Mên an Tol.
A unique megalith
with a holed stone.
It was once a stone circle.
The current arrangement
of stones was created by a
Victorian antiquarian,
Capt Giddy, who also
restored Lanyon Quoit.
Neolithic quoits in
West Penwith -
West Penwith -
around 5,500 years old
Iron Age fogous
- around 2,000 years old
and unique to West Cornwall
Tregeseal stone circle
- Bronze Age,
- Bronze Age,
around 4,300ish years old
Above: St Michael's Mount
Right and below: The Nine Maidens
I love these places: they're very special, especially if you stop to bear witness to their subtle atmospheres.
You come away feeling changed.
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